In a sensational daylight incident in Barabanki, an Ayurvedic doctor and his kin were killed while a patient was injured when unidentified SUV-borne assailants opened indiscriminate fire on Tuesday.
Senior police officers rushed to the spot and after preliminary probe, they suspected that a personal dispute led to the shooting. They said raids were being conducted to net the suspects.
As per reports, half-a-dozen occupants of an Innova stopped near a temple at Ramsanehi Ghat area of Barabanki on Tuesday afternoon. The Ayurvedic doctor from Haryana had been practising in the area for the last many years.
After walking to the clinic, the assailants opened a burst of fire in which the doctor and his kin were killed while a patient who had reached the clinic for consultation was injured. He was admitted to a hospital where he was under treatment. The Barabanki police later said that they had some specific inputs that the shooting was a fallout of an old dispute and teams had been formed to nab the suspects.
A case was registered in this regard and further investigations were on.
Meanwhile, in Khurja area of Bulandshahr, an impostor posing as an IAS officer was arrested and sent to jail on Monday. SDM of Khruja tehsil Ishapriya said that two youths came to meet her on Monday evening. One of them introduced himself as an IAS officer and SDM of Haridwar, and started pressuring her for a property-related work. On being inquired about his batch-mates, he showed signs of nervousness.
Also, he could not answer some other questions after which the SDM informed the police. During quizzing, the impersonator identified himself as Kalicharan of Pratap Vihar of Vijay Nagar area of Ghaziabad. A fake identity card was also recovered from his possession and the duo were sent to jail late on Monday night.