<p>The army jawan, who has emerged as the key suspect in the killing of a police inspector in mob frenzy in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr, has been detained by his unit in Sopore area of north Kashmir on Saturday.</p>.<p>According to sources, Jitendra Malik alias Jeetu Fauji was detained by the 22 Rashtriya Rifles in Sopore town on Friday night and was subsequently handed over to a special investigation team (SIT) of the Uttar Pradesh Police.</p>.<p>Jeetu Fauji, who is posted in Srinagar, was in his hometown Bulandshahr on a 15-day leave when the mob violence took place. </p>.<p>Sources said he fled from Bulandshahr the same evening inspector Subodh Kumar Singh and a civilian were killed and reached Sopore. The role of Malik in the killings surfaced after a purported video of the mob violence circulating on social media allegedly shows him opening fire.</p>.<p>Inspector Subodh and his team had reportedly gone to the village to tackle the violence following the alleged recovery of animal bones from a sugarcane field in Uttar Pradesh’s communally sensitive Bulandshahr district on Monday.</p>.<p><strong>READ</strong><strong> MORE</strong></p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/bulandshahr-violence-ssp-two-707053.html" target="_blank"><strong>Bulandshahr violence: SSP, two officials transferred</strong></a><br /><br /> </p>
<p>The army jawan, who has emerged as the key suspect in the killing of a police inspector in mob frenzy in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr, has been detained by his unit in Sopore area of north Kashmir on Saturday.</p>.<p>According to sources, Jitendra Malik alias Jeetu Fauji was detained by the 22 Rashtriya Rifles in Sopore town on Friday night and was subsequently handed over to a special investigation team (SIT) of the Uttar Pradesh Police.</p>.<p>Jeetu Fauji, who is posted in Srinagar, was in his hometown Bulandshahr on a 15-day leave when the mob violence took place. </p>.<p>Sources said he fled from Bulandshahr the same evening inspector Subodh Kumar Singh and a civilian were killed and reached Sopore. The role of Malik in the killings surfaced after a purported video of the mob violence circulating on social media allegedly shows him opening fire.</p>.<p>Inspector Subodh and his team had reportedly gone to the village to tackle the violence following the alleged recovery of animal bones from a sugarcane field in Uttar Pradesh’s communally sensitive Bulandshahr district on Monday.</p>.<p><strong>READ</strong><strong> MORE</strong></p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/bulandshahr-violence-ssp-two-707053.html" target="_blank"><strong>Bulandshahr violence: SSP, two officials transferred</strong></a><br /><br /> </p>
