Alwar9 hours agoAuthor: Dharmendra Yadav
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Mother, I will get leave on July 1, will come to village, Jatin and Tashu miss a lot…
When the dead body of ITBP (Indo-Tibet Border Police) jawan, who had promised to come soon to his mother on the phone, came wrapped in a shroud, there was chaos.
The work of the new house was going on, waiting for the arrival of the sons and grandsons. But the son came in such a condition that the mother, or any member of the family, could not even see his face.
One bullet had passed through the left eye, the other had pierced the skull.
This young man was not martyred in any war. He was a head constable in the Indo-Tibetan Border Security Force, Chhawla Delhi. Used to work as a cook in a senior officer’s house. Bhoop Singh, a resident of Bansoor in Alwar, was shot dead by his officer’s son.
The family members of the deceased Bhup Singh are shocked by this painful murder. There is mourning in the village. There is a question in everyone’s mind as to what got the officer’s son so angry that he shot Bhoop Singh with bullets. After all, what happened on the day of the incident? Bhaskar tried to know this by talking to the family members.
Date – 21 June
Day – Wednesday
Time – 12.30 pm
Venue- ITBP Campus, Chhawla, Delhi
Delhi’s Chhawla area echoed with gunshots at 12.30 pm on Wednesday. The voices were coming from a quarter of Block-1, Type 4. This was the quarter of ITBP (2nd ICC rank) officer Lokpal Singh Jadaun. At that time there were 3 people in the quarter. The officer’s son Digvijay Singh (32), his mother and cook Bhoop Singh (36).
Digvijay Singh had opened fire on Bhoop Singh with Lokpal Singh’s licensed pistol. He fired 5 bullets one after the other. Cook Bhoop Singh was hit by 3 bullets. He collapsed in the quarter itself.
Bhup Singh was working as a cook at the officer’s place for two years. Bhup Singh alias Bhupendra Singh Meena s/o Nandaram was a resident of Bhorajwala Dhani (Rampur) under Bansur police station area of Alwar district. He was the middle of three brothers. Elder brother Virendra and younger brother Sunil live in the village. Bhoop Singh was a head constable in ITBP and was in service since 2014.
Last salute was given to ITBP Head Constable Bhoop Singh on Friday afternoon.
The bullets were fired at such close range that one bullet pierced through Bhoop Singh’s left eye. The second bullet pierced the skull and exited. In this way, 3 bullets hit the body. As soon as the firing took place, Bhoop Singh ran to the balcony, but fell down exhausted there. The accused Diggvijay Singh was arrested.
confession of the accused
The brutality with which Bhup Singh was killed raises many questions. First of all, the confession which is recorded in the FIR of Delhi Police. According to reports, hearing the sound of gunfire, an ITBP jawan ran towards the Lokpal’s quarters. That jawan saw that Digvijay was coming out after locking his flat. The jawan was apprehensive of untoward incident and suspected Digvijay. He caught her on the spot.
Accused Digvijay Singh was arrested. Bhoop Singh’s body was found in the balcony of the government quarters.
According to the statements recorded by the ITBP police, the accused confessed that he had killed Bhoop Singh in the quarter. After the murder, the pistol was thrown out of the balcony. He said – Father’s purse was lost on Wednesday morning. I felt bad when my mother questioned me about the purse. At the same time our cook Bhoop Singh also came home at 12.20 pm.
I asked him about the purse, he didn’t answer. Bhoop Singh was spoiling my house. I always had a grudge against him. I went inside and got my father’s pistol. I fired several shots at the cook Bhoop Singh present in the kitchen. He died.
The mother was not at home at the time of the incident. I changed clothes and came down after locking the flat.
After apprehending Digvijay Singh, Chhawla police recovered the key of the flat from him. On the basis of his statement, the pistol was also recovered lying in the soil outside the balcony. When the police reached the balcony after opening the lock of the flat, Bhoop Singh’s bloodied body was lying there. Police took him to Chhawla Camp Hospital. Where the doctors declared him dead.
People from many villages gathered in Bhoop Singh’s funeral.
Wife Rachna said – Officer’s son was angry for not saluting
The atmosphere in Bhorajwala Dhani was one of grief and shock. Jawan’s wife Rachna Devi (32) was in no condition to talk. We reached the room where the mourning women were tending to Rachna Devi. We asked Rachna Devi to answer some questions because she was living with Bhojraj in the ITBP campus.
Rachna Devi told- My husband used to go to the officer’s place three times a day to work as a cook. 8 to 10 in the morning, 12.30 to 2.30 in the afternoon and 8 to 10 in the night. That day (Wednesday) they had left a little earlier. In fact, two cooks were employed at Officer Lokpal Singh’s place. Both the cooks often went to work together, but on Wednesday they reached her home alone at 12.20.
The officer’s son Digvijay Singh used to get angry on every issue. He used to tell my husband to salute me as you salute my father.
He also used to quarrel with the cook over the keys of the car. Digvijay’s father had said that don’t give the car key to his son until I say so. Then the son used to fight with my husband for the key.
ITBP Head Constable Bhoop Singh is survived by wife, sons Jatin and Tashu. A few days ago, Bhup Singh had told his mother that he would come to the village on July 1. But now his dead body has come. In the picture, Bhoop Singh’s wife Rachna holding the younger son Tashu in her lap.
Digvijay used to create ruckus till 2-2, 3-3 in the night after drinking alcohol. My husband used to bring it.
On the question of Digvijay not being mentally healthy, Rachna Devi said – He is not mad. Exactly right. The husband had left early that day. Had he gone with another cook, he would have killed both of them.
I do not know whether he had a pistol license or not. He had two pistols. The police had deposited a pistol earlier. Don’t know how he got the pistol again.
The purse story is false, three people in the conspiracy of murder
Rachna Devi said- These people are trying to save the accused Digvijay Singh. The purse story is false. He told that actually there was a fight between Digvijay and his mother that day. Whose anger Digvijay vented on my husband. When Digvijay Singh started firing on my husband, his mother was there. Shot my husband 3 times in front of him.
During this, the mother went to DC’s house and sat down by locking the gate. After this, Digvijay Singh’s father Lokpal Singh asked his son to come downstairs after changing clothes. The accused came downstairs after washing and cleaning the marks of blood on his body. If the mother had explained to her son, if he had done something, something could have happened. Maybe my husband would have been alive.
Rachna Devi alleged that officer Lokpal Singh, his wife and son Digvijay were all guilty of killing my husband. All three should be hanged. Blood should be replaced by blood.
The mortal remains of Bhoop Singh reached his village Bhorajwala Dhani (Rampur) around 11.30 pm on Thursday late night. Father’s last rites were performed at the hands of elder son Jatin (5) on Friday morning.
Brother said – what would have happened, can’t say
We also spoke to Bhoop Singh’s brother after the cremation. He said- When we got a call on Wednesday, we reached Delhi. By then the body had been removed from the quarter. Digvijay, his mother and brother Bhoop Singh were in the quarter when the incident took place. Can’t say what happened then.
Many things are being said for the accused Digvijay Singh, like he was addicted to tea, he used to get angry if he did not get tea in the afternoon, I am not aware of these things, brother did not tell how Digvijay’s behavior was. .
Lokpal Singh, father of accused Digvijay, is originally from Mathura (UP). For the last 2 years, Bhoop Singh was working as a cook in his house. According to the information, Digvijay has done MTech. Preparing for civil services. It has been 2 years of marriage but the wife did not live together.
Bhoop Singh’s family made many serious allegations against the accused Digvijay, his family
The family says that when the son was eccentric and angry, then why did the officer’s father keep the loaded pistol at such a place in the house from where it became easily available to the accused. There are allegations that eccentricity dominated Digvijay Singh. He wanted Cook to salute him, as he saluted his father. Officer Lokpal Singh has no remorse after the incident. He didn’t even apologize to the victim’s family at the police station.
According to the wife of the deceased, Lokpal Singh threatened in the police station that the son killed him, do whatever you want. Other constables came to know that Lokpal Singh’s behavior is not good. Bhup Singh also wanted to get rid of him, but he was not removed.
Second in command of the unit said – the accused is not mentally healthy
We asked Satwinder Singh, the second in command of the Alwar ITBP unit, who was leading the contingent that came to give the last salute to the jawan, regarding the incident. He said – The young officer was a cook at the house. The officer’s son Digvijay was not mentally healthy.
He said that the weapon used in the incident was a personal license weapon. Right now it is too early to say that with whose permission the weapon was kept in the house, the license was issued or was cancelled, the details of the accident have not come yet. Police has arrested him, legal action is being taken.
He said that ITBP is ready to provide relief to the jawan’s family in every way. Immediate relief has also been given. If Bhup Singh’s wife wants to serve, it will be tried. ITBP is also ready to bear the expenses of their children’s education, boarding etc. Will do as the family wishes.