LUCKNOW/JHANSI: On the orders of a local court, police have registered a case of murder, among other offences, in connection with the alleged fake encounter of wanted gangster Bhalchandra Yadav who was shot dead on March 31, 2021. Bhalchandra was carrying a reward of Rs 25,000 for any information leading to his arrest when he was gunned down. Thereafter the family members of Bhalchandra moved a local court claiming that he was shot dead in cold blood in a staged encounter. Ankit Mittal, the then Chitrakoot superintendent of police, is currently posted as commandant of PAC 8th Battalion in Bareilly.
Those named in the FIR include Ankit Mittal, sub-inspectors Amit Kumar, Santosh Kumar Singh, Shrawan Kumar Singh and Anil Kumar Sahu; head constables Raees Khan, Umashankar Singh; constables Bhupendra Singh, Shivananda Shukla, Dharmendra Verma, Rahul Yadav, Deendayal Singh, Ramkesh Kushwaha and Ramesh Chandra. They have all been booked under the charges of sections 302 (murder), 396 (dacoity), 364 (kidnapping), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and other sections of IPC. The FIR has been registered at Bahilpurwa police station.
