Cow Slaughter Suspect Injured In Police Firing, Arrested In Muzaffarnagar

A man accused of heading to carry out cow slaughter was injured in an exchange of fire with police late at night on 31 October at Rathedi Cut in Muzaffarnagar’s Nai Mandi police station area. Police said the accused was hit during retaliatory firing, arrested and admitted to hospital for treatment.

The accused was identified as Muqeem alias Bhura, son of Shakeel. Police reported recovering a 315-bore country-made pistol, a live cartridge, a spent cartridge and a motorcycle without a number plate from his possession.

According to the police account, the incident began while officers were conducting checks at Rathedi Cut. During the checking operation, an informer passed on information that a man would be arriving on a motorcycle with the intention of carrying out cow slaughter.

The information concerned a person travelling towards the checking point. Police said they stepped up checks after receiving the tip-off and subsequently spotted a motorcycle rider approaching from the direction of Naseerpur.

Officers signalled the rider to stop. According to police, he did not stop at the checking point and instead attempted to flee, prompting the police team to pursue him.

During the pursuit, the motorcycle went out of control and fell, police said. Their account places the motorcycle’s fall before the alleged firing on the team and the rider’s movement into a nearby sugarcane field.

Police alleged that, after the motorcycle fell, the accused fired at the pursuing officers while entering the sugarcane field. The team then returned fire, and Muqeem alias Bhura was injured by a bullet, according to the police account.

The injured accused was taken into custody following the exchange of fire. Police subsequently admitted him to hospital for treatment of the gunshot injury.

The reported recovery included both the country-made firearm and ammunition. Police listed a 315-bore pistol, one live cartridge and one spent cartridge among the items recovered from the accused’s possession.

The motorcycle recovered in the case did not have a number plate, according to police. It was listed alongside the firearm and cartridges in the account of the items seized following the encounter.

Police said further legal action was being taken in the matter. The account of the alleged attempt to flee, the firing at the police team and the retaliatory firing forms part of their description of the encounter at Rathedi Cut.

The allegation that the rider was travelling with the intention of carrying out cow slaughter was based on the informer’s tip-off described in the report. The reported sequence began with that information reaching officers during late-night checking and ended with the accused’s arrest and hospital admission.

The supplied report identifies Raju Kumar Saw, Circle Officer, Nai Mandi, as the police official providing the byte on the incident.

The report was filed from Muzaffarnagar by Anmol Kumar, identified as News India’s district in-charge. The reporting details also list Muzaffarnagar News and the contact number 7078215007.