“SI Mazhar Hasan’s pistol was locked and when he was unable to unlock it, another sub inspector in the team Rajeev Kumar tried his hand. In the process, the pistol went off and a bullet pierced Rajeev Kumar’s stomach and and then hit constable Yakub (from SOG) in the head,” senior superintendent of police (SSP) of Aligarh Sanjeev Suman said .
The accused was taken into custody but was allowed to attend the funeral of his mother that took place later on Tuesday night. With the help of CCTV footage, police are investigating the matter to work out if the son had planned this incident to frame his relatives .
On June 2, two-bike borne men had shot dead Sanjeev Kumar, an ASI with the state crime branch in Kurukshetra, in Kutail village of Karnal. Police say the victim’s brother-in-law Rajesh, who lives in Canada, hired the hitmen