BAREILLY/BIJNOR: A 28-year-old man was allegedly shot dead and three, including a five-year-old boy, sustained injuries after the accused, who lost village pradhan poll, and his aides “opened fires” at a group of people after learning that they had not cast votes for him in the recently-concluded elections in Kasam Nagla village in UP’s Rampur on Wednesday night.
Rampur additional superintendent of police (ASP) Sansar Singh said, “The killing was an outcome of an old rivalry between two groups. Gabbar Singh succumbed to bullet injuries while the injured — Manoj (45), Guddu (28) and Sumit (5) — were admitted to a community health centre in Shahbad.”
“The accused Nanhe, alias, Dhirendra, and his accomplices Chandrakesh, Dara Singh, Jeewan Singh and Monu were booked under various IPC sections, including 302 (punishment for murder), 307 (attempt to murder), 452 (house-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) at Shahbad police station,” said SSI Dharmendra Solanki, adding that a combing operation was underway to nab them.
Meanwhile, in Bijnor, the husband of Shiksha Devi, 42, the pradhan of Hukumatpur village, has alleged that his wife was poisoned to death at a wedding ceremony she had attended. “My wife became unconscious shortly after having food served by Jai Prakash and Chetram, who had mixed poison in her food, and died on her way to a Meerut hospital,” alleged Roop Ram.
Bijnor superintendent of police Dharamveer Singh said, “When Shiksha Devi’s condition started deteriorating, she was admitted to a Bijnor-based hospital. Doctors, however, referred her to a higher medical facility in Meerut given her serious condition, but she died on her way to the hospital on Wednesday. Based on her husband's complaint, a case was registered under relevant sections against the two accused, who were arrested for interrogation.”
