A Baba (saint) calling himself to be `Bundelkhand ka Yogi’ was arrested along with 11 others by the Jhansi police allegedly for trying to grab a land forcibly. A case was registered against the Baba and his associates and they were sent to jail.
Reports said that Baba Yogi Arpitdas, along with his associates, identified as Mohit, Kalpit, Ramnaresh, Madanpal, Zaved, Devendra Singh, Rajendra Tewari, Nikki, Akash, Ashok and Malkhan, reached Mauranipur area on Sunday evening. According to KK Pandey, the incharge of the Mauranipur police station, Arpitdas and his goons, inorder to grab 5 bighas of land belonging to Brijlal Kushwaha, had fired several round in air to terrorise the villagers.
Pandey said that when he reached the spot along with police force, Arpitdas tried to even influence them claiming that he was Yogi of Bundelkhand and very close to chief minister. However, he said that the police took cognizance and arrested all the accused and recovered three weapons along with live cartridges in large quantity. A case for making an attempt to like along with other sections of Arms Act etc have been leveled against the accused and they were sent to jail.
Meanwhile a pradhan at Salone area of Rae Bareli was critically injured while his brother was killed when his neighbour attacked on them just after being denied to view television. Reports said that the pradhan of a village in Salone area of Rae Bareli had refused his neighbour from viewing television in his house on Sunday night. This irked the neighbour and on early Mondaymorning, he and his family members attacked pradhan with sharp edged weapons and critically injured him. When his brother came to his rescue, the accused also attacked him in which he died on the spot. The pradhan was later taken to district hospital form where he was referred to Trauma Centre here at KGMU lucknow. A case has been registered but no one was arrested.
In a separate case reportedly from Ballia, a local BJP leader was among three persons shot at by unidentified assailants on Monday morning. SP Ballia, Sriparna Ganguly said 32-year-old Murlidhar Varma was attacked when he was going to neighbouring Mau district on a motorcycle along with his wife. Apart from Verma’s wife Priyanka, another person identified as Ajit Yadav also sustained injuries. All the injured persons were taken to Belthara Road Government Hospital, from where they were referred to Varanasi, police said.
In one more case reported from Hathras, a missing Dalit youth was found stabbed to death on Monday morning. Pintu Jatav (22), a resident of Ishopur Colony, was missing since Saturday last and a missing report was lodged, Inspector of Kotwali Police Station Manoj Sharma said. His body was found in the fields near Ishopur and has been sent for post-mortem on Monday morning. Further investigations are on in the matter.