GG News Bureau
Farrukhabad, 11th Nov. A judge in Farrukhabad district has alleged he was attacked by members of the notorious Sundar Bhati gang in retaliation for convicting them in past criminal cases. An FIR has been lodged in connection with the attack, which occurred on October 29, while Additional District and Sessions Judge Anil Kumar Singh was on his way home in Noida for Diwali.
According to police, five unidentified assailants in a white SUV attempted to intercept Singh’s vehicle near Jattari on the Aligarh-Tappal highway. The attackers reportedly made several attempts to shoot the judge, but Singh managed to evade them and reached a nearby police outpost unharmed.
In the FIR, Singh stated that he had “no enmity with anyone” but suspected that the attack was a revenge attempt by the gang, led by Sundar Bhati, for his role in convicting Bhati and his associates. Singh had sentenced Bhati and 11 others to life imprisonment for multiple criminal cases during his tenure as an Additional Sessions Judge at the Gautam Buddh Nagar District Court in 2021.
The judge further alleged that Bhati and his gang members, with a history of criminal activity, had conspired to kill him in revenge for their convictions.
A case has been registered at the Khair police station under multiple sections, including attempt to murder, rioting, and criminal conspiracy. The investigation is ongoing, though no breakthroughs have been made yet.
Sundar Bhati, who has over 40 criminal cases, including murder, extortion, and robbery, was recently released from Sonbhadra Jail in October, where he had been incarcerated since 2020. Bhati was granted bail by the Allahabad High Court after being convicted in a case in Gautam Buddh Nagar.
The delay in lodging the complaint has raised questions, but Singh claimed to have informed local authorities shortly after the incident. The investigation continues.
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