Police under fire as goons run riot at Lucknow clubs
LUCKNOW, Sept. 2 -- The inspector of Vibhuti Khand police station, Sunil Kumar Singh, and Summit Building outpost in-charge, Surya Sen Kumar Singh, stand suspended. This follows brazen attacks at The Hype Room at the Summit Building and at the nearby club, Tickled Pink, in Vibhuti Khand.
According to a police statement, senior officials acknowledged the episodes as a "serious lapse in policing." "Such negligence will not be tolerated. Strong action will follow against anyone found complicit," said DCP, East, Shashank Singh.
In one case, drunk goons shot at a youth returning from a party. In the other case, a public relations manager was attacked with a pistol butt while returning from a bar. The man received serious head injuries. In both cases, the victims have alleged that the police did not take action on time.
"In the second case, despite the firing, there was no immediate arrest. In the first case, the complaint of August 13 was taken lightly, which resulted in a major attack on August 29/30."
A brawl at The Hype Room on August 13 set the stage for a brutal revenge attack on the bar's PR manager, Mohd Hamza Khan. In his complaint, Khan alleged that Ajit Pandey, Pratham Sharma, Saurabh Shukla, and Raj had created ruckus at the bar that night. Two weeks later, late on the night of August 29, when Hamza stepped out and was on his way home, the accused allegedly ambushed him near Cyber Heights. htc...
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