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Police rap panchayat for backing Baghna accused

PNS

On Tuesday, there was a political gathering at the victim's house in Boolgadhi village similarly, in the next village Baghna, there was a gathering for the panchayat in favor of the accused. Officials became active on this information of gathering outside Pradhan's house. There was an uproar over the removal of the crowd and the slogans were raised against the MP. The police drove the people away. Police gave strict instructions to the son of Pradhan and patrolled the surrounding village.

Boolgadhi village comes under the gram panchayat of Baghna ka Nagla where the death case of the woman is still hot. In this case, the police have sent four accused to jail. People from dozens of nearby villages along Boolgarhi have stood in favour of the accused.  When information about a panchayat in village Baghna was received, people from electronic media reached the village. The crowd started gathering outside the village Pradhan Rupwati's house. On this information, a large number of policemen and administrative officers also reached. First Sikandrarao Inspector Pravesh Rana came with the force and tried to explain the villagers that they should not conduct panchayat in this manner as Section 144 imposed in the area. On the other hand, the electronics media were live with people from the accused side. On the intervention of the police, the youths of the village started creating ruckus and started raising slogans against BJP MP Rajvir Singh. Many village elders had also come for the panchayat. By then, Joint Magistrate Prem Prakash Meena also came with the force and reprimanded the youths trying to conduct panchayats. During this time, the police manhandled an elderly person and the son of Pradhan was strictly instructed by the Joint Magistrate. Seeing the police, the youth of the gathering village started running towards the village followed by the vehicles of Joint Magistrate and police. Police also visited the nearby villages to ensure that there is no Panchayat gathering.