Prayagraj (UP), Mar 29: An Indian Air Force civil engineer was shot dead Saturday morning by an unidentified assailant while he was sleeping at his official residence in the high-security cantonment area here in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj, police said.
The attacker fired at the engineer from the window of his room, Puramufti Station House Officer (SHO) Manoj Singh said.
Police said his wife and son were present in other rooms when the incident happened in their Engineers Colony house inside the Air Force Station.
Air Force civil engineer SN Mishra (51) received a bullet in his chest and he was rushed to the Army hospital. Mishra succumbed to his injuries at the the hospital, the SHO said. The body has been sent for post-mortem.
Slamming the Uttar Pradesh government, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said the incident shows that the law and order situation in the state has collapsed.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (City) Abhishek Bharti said police has inspected the spot and surveillance teams also went to collect information.
CCTV footage installed in the Air Force Station shows a person jumping over the boundary and coming inside, he said, adding that efforts are on to nab him.
Mishra is survived by his wife, a daughter and a son. The daughter lives in Lucknow and was not there in the house at the time of the shooting.
Police said a case will be registered after receiving a complaint from the family and further legal action will be taken.
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav targeted the UP government over the incident.
In a post on ‘X’ in Hindi, Yadav said, “The news of the shooting of SN Mishra, a chief engineer of the Air Force, in the high security zone of Air Force officers colony, Bamrauli, Prayagraj, shows that the law and order situation in UP has reduced to zero.”
Those who were claiming that criminals are leaving the state, it seems that under their rule, law and order itself has left the state, the former chief minister said. (PTI)
