KANPUR: Two alleged accused in ex-BSP leader Pintu Sengar’s murder case surrendered before the court of chief metropolitan magistrate (CMM) Kanpur Nagar here on Tuesday. The court, after taking them in judicial custody, sent them to jail.
Ex-BSP leader Pintu Sengar was shot dead by some persons on June 20 last in Chakeri police circle. Police had nabbed some people in the case. But during the investigation, names of two more accused—Mahfooz Akhtar and Saud Ahmad --came on the record.
The counsel of the accused had preferred a surrender application in the court of CMM in the morning. During hearing of the surrender and bail applications two accused around 12 noon, reached along with a crowd and surrendered themselves before the court. The court took them under judicial custody and later sent them to jail. Earlier, their counsel had pleaded that their clients were innocent and were fabricated in the case with ulterior motive. After 14 days, the jail authorities would again produce the accused in the court in compliance of its orders. Meanwhile, SSP Preetinder Singh confirmed that Mahfooz and Saud had surrendered in the court. Police would seek their remand from the court for further investigation, he added.