Meerut, March 14 -- Following the killing of two senior officials of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) at a compressed biogas (CBG) plant near Saijni in Budaun's Dataganj area, senior superintendent of police (SSP) Brijesh Kumar Singh was removed from his post late Friday night amid questions over the handling of the case.

Singh has been transferred to the logistics branch at the office of the Uttar Pradesh director general of police (DGP). Meanwhile, Kasganj superintendent of police Ankita Sharma has been appointed as the new SSP of Budaun.

The development comes after two HPCL officers-deputy general manager Sudhir Gupta and assistant chief manager Harshit Mishra-were shot dead at the company's CBG plant in the Dataganj re...