Tension prevailed in Bareilly after the supporters of Bharatiya Janta Party candidate from Nawabganj seat Kesar Singh clashed with the supporters of
former minister and SP candidate Bhagwat Sharan Gangwar, on late Monday night.
The situation was brought under control after heavy police force reached the spot and chased away the trouble makers.
later a case against Kesar Singh has been registered in which both of his sons and 8 of the supporters were named and about 15 unnamed persons for attacking Gangwar and beating two of his supporters. Police have also arrested five persons in this connection so far.
According to the FIR lodged by Gangwar, it was alleged that Singh and his men attacked him in Hafizganj area when he was returning after campaigning for elections on Monday night. He alleged that besides firing, vehicles of Gangwar’s
cavalcade was also damaged by them, police said, adding that they are probing the matter.
Meanwhile in a tragic accident reported from Santkabirnagar, 8 persons including 7 of one family along with a patient, died when an ambulance dashed into stationary truck in Khalilabad area of the district late on Monday night. Reports said that an ambulance of Gorakhnath hospital carrying a patient along with his family was traveling towards lucknow after the doctor referred the victim for Trauma Centre. later on way, driver of the speeding ambulance failed to took notice of stationary truck and rammed into the vehicle in which 8 of the occupants were killed while one another was critically injured. Those died in the accident were identified as Ram Chandra Barnwal (patient), Susheel Barnwal, Manoj Barnwal, all real brothers, Ram Chandra’s daughter Shweta, relative Bheemji Barnwal and his son, Kamal Puraniya and Brijnath Vishwakarma (driver), all native of Bhatparani in Deoria district.