A policeman in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur died on Saturday after he was hit by stone by a mob.
This incident took place few hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally in the Uttar Pradesh.
UP CM Yogi Adityanath has taken cognizance of the unfortunate death of Constable Suresh Vats in a stone pelting incident. He announced Rs 40 lakhs compensation for the wife of the deceased.
This is the second incident this month where a policeman in Uttar Pradesh was killed by a mob.
Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh, a police inspector, who had probed the Akhlaq lynching case initially, and a 20-year-old youth died of gunshot injuries on December 3 as a rampaging mob protesting alleged illegal cow slaughter torched a police post in Bulandshahr and clashed with cops.
