A senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) was brutally murdered, allegedly in connection with a dispute over the land of a trust, in Kanpur Dehat. The sensational killing took place late Saturday night and the local police rushed to the spot along with senior officers to defuse the tension in the area.
According to reports, former district vice-president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Amresh Tripathi (35), who lived in Rajendra Nagar locality of Pukhrayan town, was having an old dispute with some people of Pal community over the land of a trust in Pukhrayan under Bhognipur police station of Kanpur Dehat. The dispute took a violent turn late Saturday night when the two parties had a heated exchange of words over the issue. Reports said that one of the groups brutally attacked Tripathi with sticks and rods leading to his death. After getting information about the murder, thousands of BJP workers and leaders reached the spot. The tension increased so much that the cops of Bhognipur police station, who reached there after getting information of the murder, immediately informed the senior police officers after which more force from neighbouring police stations rushed to the scene of crime.
The situation could be controlled only after senior officers assured that the killers would be arrested at earliest. They also immediately sent the body for post-mortem. It may be mentioned that Amresh's father Rajesh Tiwari was former district president in the Bharatiya Janata Party. The family members accused one Ghanshyam Pal, alleging that he was trying to occupy one of their lands with the help of some other criminals. They said that as Amresh opposed this, they brutally killed him.
Additional Superintendent of police, Kanpur Dehat, Ghanshyam Chaurasia said that there was a dispute between the two parties over a land, after which some people gathered and scuffled with Amresh Tripathi and he was injured and when he was taken to the hospital, the doctors pronounced him dead.
The ASP said that two persons, including a woman, had been detained in connection with the murder and they were being interrogated.
Meanwhile in Lakhimpur Kheri, a 23-year-old man was beaten to death following a dispute over a song played by the DJ at a marriage function.
Three people, who were booked for murder, have been arrested.
This incident took place on Friday night in Khamariya village, where guests were invited to the marriage ceremony of the daughter of a local farmer. During the function, one of the guests asked the DJ to play a song of his choice. However, some people objected to this. Soon, both parties entered into a squabble and when one of the guests, Veeru Lal, 23, tried to act as a mediator, he was hit with a stick and he fell unconscious.
He was taken to a private hospital where his condition deteriorated and he was referred to a medical centre in Lucknow. However, he died on the way.