The district Congress committe on Friday submitted a memorandum demanding action over 12 murders in less than a week here to district in charge Minister Maya Singh.
Notably, law and order situation is in a shambles in the district since last Tuesday and furthermore police have failed to get even a single breakthrough yet.
The DCC alleged that there is an atmosphere of terror in the district. The murders were committed over an illegal dealing of sand and a youth was killed in the delivery ward of the district hospital. On May 12, Dharmendra Singh Bhadauria Vimlesh Upadhyaya, while on May 14, the sand mafia Vinod Singh Yadav and his gunner Surendra Singh Gurjar were shot dead. On the same day, Rakesh Singh Baghel was killed by his friends and his body was thrown on Pahunj River under Raun police station area. On May 15, a woman killed the paramour of her husband and surrendered in the police station.
On May 19, five persons were killed in the district. Arjun Singh Rajawat killed his sister in law in his neighbourhood and then shot himself dead in a farm. Vijay Singh killed his wife’s paramour in Bamroli police station area and priest of Goddess temple of village Jhankari, Ganesh Das Ojha was killed.
In Bijasen locality of lahar the husband killed his wife in a fit of rage and absconded, apparently because his wife stopped him from gambling.
SP Navneet Bhasin said that efforts are being made to arrest the accused. He said, “I have come only yesterday and inspecting the situation. I would make efforts to check the incidents.”
The city Congress President Rahis Khan and senior leader Dr. Radhe Shayam Sharma reached the circuit house with their followers and said that incidents of murder, loot, theft and rape are on a rise in the district. The Government and administration should take steps to improve the law and order situation.