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Ghaziabad: on Thursday BJP leader Brijpal Tevatia and six others were shot at by unidentified assailants, who allegedly fired more than 100 rounds at his convoy at Muradnagar in Ghaziabad district of UP on late Thursday evening. Superintendent of Police (rural), Rakesh Kumar Pandey said, Teotia was coming from Murad Nagar to Ghaziabad when the men caught up his SUV from both sides. They then opened indiscriminate fire and fled the spot. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav rushed Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order), Daljit Singh Chawdhary, and Inspector General, Special Task Force (STF), Ram Kumar, to Ghaziabad to oversee the operation launched by the district police to nab the attackers. ADGP Daljit Singh Chowdhary said, “The police recovered AK- 47, two pistols, one rifle and a large cache of ammunition used in the attack on the BJP leader. The STF has been directed to assist the local police in the operation. Teams had been constituted and raids are being conducted in Ghaziabad and neighbouring districts to nab the desperadoes who are on run”. On Thursday evening Director General of Police, Javeed Ahmad, held a meeting with the senior officers to monitor the situation. The Senior Superintendent of Police, Ghaziabad, was also directed to deploy police forces at sensitive spots and conduct search operation on highways.]]>
