Railway engineer on way to work shot in Fatehpur

KANPUR: A railway engineer was shot dead in Fatehpur district on Tuesday morning while he was on his way to a railway plant where he worked.
Police said five motorcycle-borne miscreants approached the engineer. One of them got off the two-wheeler, reached near him and shot him from close range. The miscreants then fled from the scene unchallenged.
The deceased has been identified as Ajay Kumar Singh, a resident of Ram Nagar locality of Firozabad district.
SP Fatehpur Kailash Singh along with police of concerned police station and forensic experts rushed to the spot.
“The incident occurred near Akari turn at around 9 am. The engineer, Ajay Kumar (30), was going to the railway plant in a Bolero driven by driver Shyamu. As the work of the widening of the railway line in the district is under progress, Singh was heading for an inspection at the plant,” said SHO Thariyaon, Santosh Sharma.
As soon as Singh’s vehicle reached the Akari-Bilanda turn, five miscreants on two bikes approached him. “The miscreants attacked Shyamu with a wooden stick when he tried to confront them. Ajay, who was sitting at the adjacent seat, was shot dead by one of the miscreants,” the SHO added.
“Following the inputs provided by Shyamu, we have launched a search operation,”he added.
SP Fatehpur Kailash Singh said, “We are investigating the case from all possible angles. We will be able to comment only after the investigation is over.