Army jawan sent to jail for 14 days

Lucknow: The Army jawan arrested for his alleged involvement in the killing of a police inspector during mob violence in Bulandshahr was on Sunday produced before the judicial magistrate, who sent him to jail for 14 days, officials said.

The Army handed over Jitendra Malik to Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force team in Meerut late Saturday night.

The crime branch interrogated Malik during the day and also questioned by the Special Investigation Team constituted by the Uttar Pradesh government to probe the incident, the city Superintendent of Police (Crime) said.

He was taken to the district hospital for a medical examination and later produced before the magistrate, who sent him to prison for two weeks, the SP said.