BULANDSHAHR, Dec 27 :
More than three weeks after a policeman was killed during mob violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr, the police say they have zeroed in on the man suspected to have shot inspector Subodh Kumar Singh. The accused is Prashant Nutt, a resident of Bulandshahr, who can be seen in videos of mob violence on December 3, sources said.
Along with Prashant Nutt, sources say the police have also identified the man suspected to have snatched the service revolver of inspector Subodh Kumar Singh. This suspect, Johnny, too is a resident of Bulandshahr, sources added.
The names of both Prashant Nutt and Johnny were not in the First Information Report filed after Subodh Kumar Singh was killed. They were, however, seen together in videos of the violence.
The Special Task Force of the UP Police is on the lookout for both of them and suspects them to be hiding either in Meerut or Noida.
The UP Police had earlier named a member of the right-wing group Bajrang Dal, Yogesh Raj, as the main suspect in the mob killing. Yogesh Raj, who claims innocence and has been missing since the incident, still remains the main suspect for instigating the mob in Bulandshahr, sources said.
