Air Force civil engineer shot dead at his home in Prayagraj
Prayagraj: An Indian Air Force civil engineer was shot dead Saturday morning by an unidentified assailant while he was sleeping at his official residence in the high-security cantonment area here in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj, police said.
The attacker fired at the engineer from the window of his room, Puramufti Station House Officer (SHO) Manoj Singh said.
Police said his wife and son were present in other rooms when the incident happened in their Engineers Colony house inside the Air Force Station.
Air Force civil engineer SN Mishra (51) received a bullet in his chest and he was rushed to the Army hospital. Mishra succumbed to his injuries at the the hospital, the SHO said. The body has been sent for post-mortem.
Slamming the Uttar Pradesh government, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said the incident shows that the law and order situation in the state has collapsed.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (City) Abhishek Bharti said police has inspected the spot and surveillance teams also went to collect information.
CCTV footage installed in the Air Force Station shows a person jumping over the boundary and coming inside, he said, adding that efforts are on to nab him.
Mishra is survived by his wife, a daughter and a son. The daughter lives in Lucknow and was not there in the house at the time of the shooting.
Police said a case will be registered after receiving a complaint from the family and further legal action will be taken.
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav targeted the UP government over the incident.
In a post on 'X' in Hindi, Yadav said, "The news of the shooting of SN Mishra, a chief engineer of the Air Force, in the high security zone of Air Force officers colony, Bamrauli, Prayagraj, shows that the law and order situation in UP has reduced to zero."
Those who were claiming that criminals are leaving the state, it seems that under their rule, law and order itself has left the state, the former chief minister said.
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Odisha: Normalcy returns to violence-hit Malkangiri; internet services fully restored
Malkangiri (PTI): Normalcy returned to Odisha’s Malkangiri district on Monday, nearly a week after around 200 villages were damaged in violent clashes in a village, with the district administration fully restoring internet services, a senior official said.
Additional District Magistrate Bedabar Pradhan said internet services, suspended across the district on December 8 to curb the spread of rumours and misinformation following the clashes, were restored after the situation improved.
The suspension had been extended in phases till 12 noon on Monday.
The administration also withdrew prohibitory orders imposed under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita within a 10-km radius of MV-26 village, where arson incidents were reported on December 7 and December 8.
Though the violence was confined to two villages, tension had gripped the entire district, as the incident took the form of a clash between local tribals and Bengali settlers following the recovery of a headless body of a woman on December 4, officials said.
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The violence broke out after residents of Rakhelguda village allegedly set ablaze several houses belonging to Bengali residents, forcing hundreds to flee. The headless body of Lake Podiami (51), a woman from the Koya tribe, was recovered from the banks of the Poteru river on December 4, while her head was found six days later at a location about 15 km away.
Officials said the district administration held several rounds of discussions with representatives of the tribal and Bengali communities, following which both sides agreed to maintain peace.
Relief and rehabilitation work has since been launched at MV-26 village, with preliminary assessment pegging property damage at around Rs 3.8 crore.
A two-member ministerial team headed by Deputy Chief Minister K V Singh Deo visited the affected village, interacted with officials and locals, and submitted a report to the chief minister.
So far, 18 people have been arrested in connection with the violence, the officials said, adding that despite the withdrawal of prohibitory orders and restoration of internet services, security forces, including BSF and CRPF personnel, continue to be deployed to prevent any untoward incident.
On Sunday, Nabarangpur MP Balabhadra Majhi visited MV-26 and neighbouring Rakhelguda villages, and held discussions with members of both communities as part of efforts to rebuild confidence and restore peace.
More than two lakh Bengali-speaking Bangladeshis were rehabilitated by the Centre in Malkangiri and Nabarangpur districts in 1968, and they currently reside in 124 villages of Malkangiri.
