Cop killed a teacher after an Argument, A teacher was shot dead by an Uttar Pradesh Police head constable following a confrontation in the Civil Lines area in Muzaffarnagar, an official said on Monday.
According to the police, the victim, identified as Dharmendra Kumar, was part of a team of the education department from Varanasi that had brought Uttar Pradesh Board examination copies to the local SD Inter college in Muzaffarnagar and the accused UP police head constable, Chander Prakash, was part of a police team accompanying the teachers.
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superintendent of Police (City) Satyanarain Parjapat said. It included one more teacher and two class four employees and was accompanied by a police team from Varanasi, he added.
The two teams from the education department and Varanasi police were waiting in a vehicle for the college gate to open when the incident took place on Sunday night, he said. Kumar had a confrontation with head constable Chander Prakash while they were in the vehicle. Prakash shot at Kumar using his service weapon, the officer said.
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The body has been sent for post-mortem and a case has been registered against the head constable based on a complaint filed by the victim’s family.
All others present in the vehicle have been taken into custody for questioning, the officer said, adding that further investigation in the case is underway.