Within 24 hours of the gruesome killing of an RSS cadre and a journalist in Ghazipur, criminals did it again in eastern Uttar Pradesh and shot dead a booth president of BJP in lakhimpur Kheri district on late Saturday night.
Police said here on Sunday that BJP booth president of Majhara east village in Tikuniya police station area of lakhimpur Kheri district Balram Srivastava ( 55) was shot dead near his house.
Personal rivalry over the coming urban local bodies elections was said to be the reason behind the killing. “The police is probing the matter. All the feasible angles are being looked into. We are hopeful that the criminals will be arrested soon,” the police spokesman said in lucknow.
Meanwhile, a report from Ghazipur said that seven people have been detained for interrogation in the murder of RSS cadre and Journalist Rajesh Mishra.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Somen Verma said on Sunday that seven people have been detained for interrogation in the crime.
He said that the Special Task Force (STF) has been engaged to track out the criminals involved in the crime.
Five teams have been made by the district police to arrest the criminals.
“We have got some leads and poice is working on them. We are hopeful that police will be able to arrest the criminals very soon,” he said.
UP BJP president Mahendra Nath Pandey, visited the residence of the slain journalist last night at Bamanpura village, and paid his condolence. Pandey told reporters that police was working on the crime and very soon the culprits would be nabbed.
“This Yogi Government is committed to restore law of the land and is able to bring situation under control. Some strict decisions have been taken and results will be seen soon,” he said.