New Delhi [India], May 02 (NT): The Supreme Court on Wednesday took suo moto cognisance of the hilly town incident where an Assistant Town and Country Planning officer who was leading a demolition drive against unauthorized construction in Dharampur area of Solan district, was shot dead by an hotelier.

The Apex court also exchanged blow to the state government for not providing adequate security to the woman officer.

The court, during the hearing, also noticed that it is a very serious issue as the accused had allegedly killed the woman official in broad daylight and the police could not arrest him.

51 year old Shailbala Sharma along with four teams of the Town and Country Planning Department, reportedly were razing unauthorized construction in the vicinity, on the order of the High Court, when the shoot incident took place on Tuesday.

When Sharma and her team had arrived Narayani Guest House, its owner Vijay Singh asked them to keep off his possessions. When the team went ahead with the demolition and tried to dig up the place evacuated, Singh in opening fire soot 3 times on them. (NT)