Lucknow: A policeman was shot dead on Thursday by unidentified assailants in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri district in the parliamentary constituency of the ruling Samajwadi Party's chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, police said.
The incident took place when policeman Ajay Yadav was bringing back two murder accused Rishi Rajput and Chandan Kumar from court to prison, Superintendent of Police Shalabh Mathur told IANS.
The policeman was attacked by car-borne assailants near Bhogaon and the murder accused fled with the attackers, he said.
Police said the incident took place when Ajay Yadav was bringing back 2 murder accused Rishi Rajput and Chandan Kumar from court to prison.
The two prison inmates were accused of killing a school principal and two others in 2011.
(For updates you can share with your friends, follow IBNLive on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest)
Operation Rahat: Six more Mi-17 aircraft to be pressed into service
Delhi: Yamuna water level rises, water spills over to roads
FTN: Can social media influence political agenda?
Watch India @ 9 with Rajdeep Sardesai
A veteran politician, Mulayam is a post graduate in Arts from Agra University. He entered electoral politics in the 1960s and won his first election in 1967 to become an MLA in UP Assembly. He won UP Assembly elections in 1974, 1977, 1985, 198 ...
Samajwadi Party (literally, Socialist Party) is a political party in India. It is based in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It describes itself as a democratic socialist party. It was founded on October 4, 1992.
The Samajwadi Party was one ...
Live: Kedarnath totally cut-off, can be reached only by air, says ITBP
Uttarakhand: Rescue teams reach Kedarnath, unravel massive destruction
HP: Choppers sent to rescue tourists stranded due to fuel shortage
Familiar foes India and Sri Lanka in semi-final shootout
