Aligarh, May 04: Uttar Pradesh Congress in-charge Digvijay Singh met with the family members of the army jawan, killed in an encounter in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district, and demanded a judicial probe into it.
23-year-old Deepak, a Rajputana Rifles soldier, was killed in a shootout with police on May 1.
Congress General Secretary Singh met with the bereaved family last evening and called for the judicial probe into the incident
Meanwhile, residents of Bharery village of the district were angry over the killing and claimed that it was a case of mistaken identity.
Demanding a CBI probe into the encounter yesterday, Deepak’s father also asked the Chief of Army Staff General V K Singh to intervene in the matter.
However, SSP Bulandshahr Nilesh Kumar said the encounter was not fake in any manner and expressed readiness to face any inquiry.
–PTI