Cop’s murder in Agra: NHRC directs UP DGP to extend benefits to constable’s family

AGRA: The National Human Right Commission (NHRC) has directed UP Police to extend all the benefits, as per the service rules, to the family of a 24-year-old constable who was allegedly crushed to death under the wheels of a tractor in Agra’s Kheragarh while trying to stop goons from smuggling illegally mined sand from Rajasthan to UP.
Constable Sonu Chaudhary, who had joined the police force in 2018, was killed on duty three days ago.The accused tractor driver and his accomplices also opened fire on the police party and escaped under the cover of morning fog.
The NHRC’s directions were issued after a complaint was filed by a Ghaziabad resident, Vishnu Kumar Gupta, seeking commission’s intervention for payment of compensation to the family of the victim and other necessary action in the matter.
In his complaint, Gupta urged the commission to issue directions to UP government’s chief secretary and DGP to provide a job in police to one of the family members of the deceased constable, a compensation of Rs 50lakh and ensure that investigations, monitored by ADG Agra zone, are carried out by a special team within a time frame.