NEW DELHI: Violence broke out in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district on Monday over the alleged illegal slaughter of cattle which left a police inspector Subodh Kumar Singh dead. The state government has announced financial assistance of Rs 40 lakh to the wife of the inspector. In a statement issued, the Principal Secretary (Home) Arvind Kumar announced, "Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced a financial assistance of Rs 40 lakh to the wife of Subodh Kumar Singh and Rs 10 lakh to his parents." The Chief Minister  Yogi Adityanath also announced an extraordinary pension for the dependent family of the deceased inspector and government job for a member of his family.

A video on social media sites is doing the round which allegedly shows the slain officer hanging upside down from his official vehicle, apparently shot in the head. In the same video, apparently shot by locals, youths are seen running around the vehicle and identifying that the SHO has been shot. A post-mortem report later confirmed that the officer suffered both gunshot injuries and was also hit by a hard and blunt object.


Who Was Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh?



  • Born in Eta, Subodh Kumar Singh joined the Uttar Pradesh Police in 1994 and after that, he was posted in UP from Bundelkhand to western Uttar Pradesh.

  • Subodh Kumar was a resident of Pargwa, a village under the Jethra police station of Eta district.

  • The Inspector was posted in Jhansi, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Meerut, Ghaziabad and Noida and his last posting was in the Syana Police Station of Bulandshahr.

  • While being in charge of Mathura’s Vrindavan, Subodh Kumar conducted an encounter with the miscreants on 23 January 2016 where he received a bullet injury on his hand.

  • Subodh Kumar Singh was an investigating officer of the infamous Dadri lynching case, in which a man, Akhlaq, was killed by a mob in 2015 for allegedly storing and consuming beef.


Here's What Happened In Bulandshahr -


Giving details of the incident, ADG Law and Order Anand Kumar said in Lucknow that trouble started after villagers found some body parts of cows in a jungle in Mahaw village. "This morning carcasses of the cows were found dumped in a forest area outside the village. Activists of right-wing organisations soon gathered at the spot and alleged that people of a community were indulging in cow slaughter," he said.

Angry villagers and members of various Hindu groups brought the animal remains in tractor-trolley to the Chingarwathi Police Chowki and demanded action against the culprits. They raised slogans against the police administration and blocked the Bulandshahr-Garh State Highway.



Bulandshahr District Magistrate Anuj Kumar Jha, Sub-divisional Magistrate Avinash Kumar Maurya and other senior officials tried to reason with the protestors but they refused to budge. The protesters soon turned violent, pelting stones on policemen and indulging in arson, he said, adding that police had to open fire in self-defence.

Kumar said the UP government acted swiftly and ordered an SIT probe, besides an inquiry by the ADG intelligence and a magisterial probe. He said that additional reinforcements have been rushed to the spot of violence, and described the situation as under control. "Police inspector Subodh Kumar died in hospital during treatment after being hit by a blunt object, probably stone," he said. Postmortem report has revealed that Kumar died due to bullet injury.