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Violence over alleged illegal cow slaughter in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr left a police inspector, Subodh Kumar Singh, and a youth, Sumit, dead as a mob went on a rampage and torched a police station and several vehicles.
While Subodh’s elder son, Shrey Singh told Hindustan Times that he would love to follow his father’s footsteps and become a police officer, younger son Abhishek, while talking to ANI, said that it was Hindu-Muslim hatred that took his father's life.
Subodh’s wife said that this was not the first time he was shot, he had suffered bullet injuries twice before and that he worked with utter honesty.
Abhishek said that his father wanted him to be a good citizen who doesn't incite violence in society in the name of religion.
“He taught me to become a good citizen who doesn't create ruckus over religion. Everyone is human, regardless of being a Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian.”
He said that the he last talked to his father was the day before the incident, as he was giving his first pre-board exam.
He said that he got to know about the incident when he returned from school, however, no one gave him or his family a clear picture till later in the day.
He said, “We weren't told anything, we were kept aloof of all the details. It was when we reached back around 7 pm, that's when we saw the body. My elder brother Shrey was shown the body after post-mortem.”
Abhishek said that his father had went to check on the stone pelting in the nearby village where there were reports of an angry mob. He said that when his father went there, he got hit in the head and fell unconscious.
Subodh’s sister told media that his death is a conspiracy by police because he was investigating the Akhlaq case.
(With inputs from ANI)
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