Kaushambi, August 08: District authorities have ordered for a Magisterial probe inon the alleged encounter by police even as irate villagers blocked the Grand Trunk (GT) road over the police action.
Last night two Sub-Inspectors Brij Bhushan Awasthi and Dasha Ram Awasthi shot dead one Raju alias Mona (26) during an encounter under Puramukti police station area.
Police also recovered a country-made pistol from the deceased.
The involved SIs claimed that the deceased even opened fire on them.
Superintendent of Police Kripashanker Singh said here today a magisterial probe has been ordered to find out the details about the encounter.
The SP said police was not aware of the criminal background of the deceased.
Meanwhile, on hearing the death of Raju, people of his Maharajpur village staged a violent demonstration on the national highway and even damaged a Roadways bus. The highway was blocked for more than 2 hours with villagers alleging shooting down of the youth in a fake
encounter.
Later the blockade was lifted after the authorities order a high level probe into the encounter.
–UNI