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Murder in UP courtroom policemen.Both were brought to the
CJM court for hearing from Tihar jail
sends shockwaves in Delhi on Tuesday afternoon when
the assailants fired at them, leaving
Shahnawaz dead. Co-accused Jabbar
suffered serious injuries.Two cops, who
The incident raises question mark on the state government’s rushed to save the victims, were also
injured in the firing.
claim of decline in crimes and improvement in law and There was complete panic in the
order situation, reports mudit mathur courtroom and along with the others,
even the judge had to run away to save
he daylight murder of an ac- different courts of Uttar Pradesh?” the his life.Police claimed arrest of all three
cused person in front of trial angry bench comprising Justices Sudhir attackers after chasing them in the court
court judge in his courtroom Agarwal and Sunit Kumar queried while compound but sources belie their claim
has sent shockwaves in the posting the matter forfurther hearing and said that they themselves surren-
T state exposing the reality on December 20. dered after executing revenge before
behind the BJP government’s claim of The judges told the Additional Advo- the judge.
decline in crimes and improvement in cate General that strengthening of court Replying to a heated debate before
law and order situation.The Allahabad security in state is an issue since 2008 assembly the chief minister Yogi Adity-
High Court on December 18 came heav- but not much has been done in reality. anath termed the killing in the Bijnor
ily on the government taking suo motu “If state government cannot provide court as unfortunate and said the state
cognizance of the gore incident in a adequate security in court premises government had prepared a plan for
courtroom of Bijnor district and sum- then we will ask central government to security of courts across the state.Once
moned the state’s principal secretary deploy central forces for it,” the judges the high court approvesit we will imple-
home and DG Police to apprise it with observed. “Three recent incident of at- ment the same. Replying to allegation
a plan to strengthen security of court tacks on undertrial in Muzaffarnagar, on of Congress, “the state government had
premises. a lady lawyer in Agra and now in Bijnor constituted a special investigation team
Bijnor court murder, crime against shows that now criminals are so fearless (SIT) in the Unnao case and five persons
women rocked both houses of UP legis- in state that they are now entering court were arrested. The SIT was probing
lature on Wednesday. Noisy scenes were rooms and killing people,” they said. in the Mainpuri case as well and DNA
witnessed as the Opposition parties Shahnawaz, killed in the Bijnor samples of the accused had been sent to
criticised the state government over the attack, was accused in the murders of a laboratory,” he said.
worseninglaw and order situation, par- property dealer and BSP leader Haji Earlier raising the issue in the state
ticularly a spurt in crime against women Ehsaan and his nephew Shadab on May assembly during zero hour, Sama-
and the killing of an undertrial in a court 28 in Najibabad. jwadi Party legislature party leader Ram
in Bijnor on December 17. Expressing The police had arrested Danish, GobindChaudhary alleged that law and
dissatisfaction with the CM’s reply, the Shahnawaz and shooter Abdul Jabbar order had totally collapsed in the state
SP, BSP and Congress MLAs rushed into in connection with the murders. On where women were being raped and set
the well of the house and shouted slo- December 17 afternoon, Shahnawaz ablaze in various districts.
gans against the state government. was brought from Tihar jail to the CJM’s Mr. Chaudhary said the state of affairs
A murder accused brutally killed court for a hearing. under BJP rule could be gauged from the
in broad daylight inside the crowded Sahil Khan, son of Haji Ehsaan, had fact that 86 cases of rape were reported
courtroom and three others sustained barged into the courtroom along with within 11 months in Unnao district.Even
injuries in the attack on December his two aides and pumped three bullets International human right agencies had
17.The Bench expressed deep anguish.“It into Shahnawaz, while also injuring two described UP as the number one state
seems there is complete in the country in terms of
failure of law and order inside crime against women, he
court premises in state. The remarked.
most incompetent police He also said the
professionals deployed for United States and several
security of court premises in European countries had
state. Is government seri- issued advisory to its
ous about court security? women tourists to avoid
Are top officials even aware visiting Uttar Pradesh.
about these incidents which
happened in recent past in LETTERS@TEHELKA.COM