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Uttar Pradesh: On Monday, A teacher was fatally shot by a head constable of the Uttar Pradesh Police in in Civil Lines area of Muzaffarnagar district following an altercation between the two. According to the police, the victim was identified as Dharmendra Kumar.
The incident happened during a confrontation in the Civil Lines area in Muzaffarnagar, as reported on Monday. Superintendent of Police (City) Satyanarain Parjapat said that the deceased, Dharmendra Kumar was part of a team of the education department from Varanasi tat had brought Uttar Pradesh Board examination copies to the local SD Inter college here.
He added that it included one more teacher and two class four employees and was accompanied by a police team from Varanasi. In a statement, he said, “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.”
The officer said that Kumar had a confrontation with head constable Chander Prakash while they were in the vehicle. Prakash shot at Kumar using his service weapon. The SP said that the injured teacher was rushed to the district hospital where he was declared dead.
After the incident, the body has been sent for post-mortem and a case has been registered against the head constable. The officer said that all others present in the vehicle have been taken into custody for questioning. He added that further investigation in the case is underway.
