A Samajwadi Party leader was shot dead while four persons, including a girl doing her graduation, were injured in a clash over a petty dispute in Jaunpur.
According to reports, Samajwadi Party leader and corporator Lakhander Yadav alias Bala Yadav was shot dead by unidentified assailants at platform number one of City railway station in Jaunpur late Monday night.
The police said about half-a-dozen shooters sprayed the SP leader with bullets and fled the scene. Several shells of bullets were recovered from the spot.
Sources confirmed that Lakhander Yadav alias Bala Yadav, 50, was a history-sheeter and a resident of Saidanpur village in the city. He was also involved in the plotting of land in many localities in the district. He was a corporator in the municipality of Jaunpur.
The motive behind the murder is not yet known.
Meanwhile, the local Samajwadi Party leaders blamed laxity of the administration for the murder.
"People rushed to the spot after hearing the gunfire. Bala Yadav was found riddled with bullets but he was still breathing. He was taken to the district hospital where the doctors pronounced him dead. The motive behind the murder is yet to be ascertained," said GRP Circle Officer Akhilesh Rai.
In a clash in Jaunpur, four persons were injured in firing. Reports said that two groups, belonging to Sabha Shankar Tewari and Dinesh Tewari, both hailing from Bishnupur area of Khuthan in Jaunpur, clashed over laying of plastic pipe for irrigation on Tuesday morning.
The situation took an ugly turn when both the parties attacked each other with sticks and rods and also opened fire.
Four persons, including Sabha's daughter Seemu, a student of BA final year, and her two brothers and Dinesh's son were seriously injured. They were shifted to the district hospital by the villagers who intervened to defuse the tension in the area.
Police reached the spot and registered cross-cases in this regard.
Half-a-dozen persons from both sides were detained.
In Balrampur, the body of a Dalit girl, who was missing for the past four days, was found in a pond in the Dehat Kotwali area, police said on Tuesday.
The family of the girl had filed a missing report with the police. They had also complained that a youth was harassing her for the past some time and he had also threatened to kill her in case she told anyone about it.
During investigation, the girl's body was recovered from a village pond.
Superintendent of Police Hemant Kutiyal said an FIR had been registered and investigation was on.