Ghaziabad, 02

March (HS): In Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, one of the two attackers who carried

out a deadly assault on YouTuber Salim Wastik, who spoke out against certain

evils and fundamentalism prevalent in the Muslim religion, was killed in a

police encounter. A reward of Rs. one lakh had been announced for his arrest.

The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh personally took cognizance of the incident

and ordered the police to take strict action. Two policemen were also shot in

the encounter. Ghaziabad police tracked the attackers after scanning footage

from approximately 150 CCTV cameras over three days.

Ghaziabad Police Commissioner J. Ravinder Gaud

stated that last Friday, two helmet-wearing criminals on a motorcycle slit

Salim Wastik's throat and then stabbed him repeatedly in the stomach, seriously

injuring him. He stated that Ghaziabad police, investigating the case, learned

late Sunday night that the suspects who fatally attacked Salim Wastik had come

to the Loni area to commit another major crime. He stated that based on information,

police began searching for the criminals when they spotted two bike-borne

criminals approaching. He stated that when police signaled the criminals to

stop, they opened fire on the police party with the intent to kill. Police

returned fire. One of the criminals was injured by the gunfire. He was admitted

to a hospital for treatment and later died during treatment. He stated that the

suspect has been identified as Zeeshan (27), a resident of Amroha district. He

added that his accomplice fled the scene.

Following the

incident, Salim, who was seriously injured, was admitted to GTB Hospital in

Delhi. Doctors had been treating him for the past two days. Salim's family

members took him out of GTB Hospital on Saturday night and admitted him to Max

Hospital in Saket, where doctors are currently treating him. Three police teams

were engaged in searching for the attackers in this case. After reviewing

footage from approximately 150 CCTV cameras, the police identified the

helmet-wearing attackers. According to the police, information was received

that both criminals lived in Khoda. Following this, the police announced a

reward of Rs 1 lakh each on them and began searching for them. On Sunday night,

the police killed one of the accused, Zeeshan, a resident of Amroha, in an

encounter. The police are also searching for the remaining accused.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi