A day after an eight-year-old boy died in cross-firing between police and a gang of criminals in Mathura, ANI Thursday reported that two constables, Saurabh Sharma and Udham Singh, have been suspended for failing to immediately attend to the boy after he was struck by a stray bullet. Police said the boy, identified as Madhav, was playing in a nearby park when a bullet fired by the gangsters hit him.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh to his family, said Principal Secretary (Home) Arvind Kumar, adding that an inquiry has been ordered into the incident by IG, Agra Range, Raja Shrivastav.
A day after an eight-year-old boy died in cross-firing between police and a gang of criminals in Mathura, ANI Thursday reported that two constables, Saurabh Sharma and Udham Singh, have been suspended for failing to immediately attend to the boy after he was struck by a stray bullet. Police said the boy, identified as Madhav, was playing in a nearby park when a bullet fired by the gangsters hit him.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh to his family, said Principal Secretary (Home) Arvind Kumar, adding that an inquiry has been ordered into the incident by IG, Agra Range, Raja Shrivastav.