Kin of a state minister in Akhilesh Yadav’s government, who is also former Zila Panchayat member in Gonda, was sprayed with bullets by his opponents over political rivalry, on Saturday morning. local police which rushed to the spot registered a named case in the matter and claimed to have launched a massive search for the accused.
Reports said that 55-year-old Om Prakash Singh, owning a brick kiln, was sitting at his office on Saturday morning when his opposite party, Rajesh Vikram Singh and his son Azad Vikram Singh and three of their unknown accomplices reached there. The two parties were having old political rivalry. The matter took an ugly turn when after hurling abuses on Om Prakash, the opposite Party also opened fire in which former Zila Panchayat member, was critically injured and later died on way to hospital. The doctors at District Hospital pronounced him dead upon arrival.
The deceased, was a former zila panchayat member and a relative of Minister of State for Basic Education, Yogesh Pratap Singh. local police along with senior officers who learnt of the incident rushed to the spot and claimed to be probing the matter and had also sent the body for post-mortem examination.
Clash between two groups in another case of political rivalry led to three deaths in Kanpur on Friday. According to reports, pradhan of Nathapurwa gram in Gwaltoli area of Kanpur, was having political dispute with Pappu Nishad, who was also trying to became Gram Pradhan. Ramdas, who is listed history sheeter of the local police station, is reportedly flexing his muscles and continued to win the pradhani elections for the last 10-years. Pappu Nishad, who is from the opposite party is reportedly opposing every misconduct of Ramdas, particularly swindling of funds released for development of the village.
Reports said that on Friday evening, Pappu Nishad intercept Ramdas, who was going with his cohorts, and objected him over some construction work. On this both the parties first hurled abused and later opened fire on each other in which Pappu Nishad (40), and one of close aide Dinesh Nishad (33), along with Suresh Saksena (30), who was an associate of Ramdas, died on way to hospital while Anil Kashyap, Ram Prasad, Suraj and Birju, were critically injured and were going under treatment in the district hospital. Pappu’s father had lodged a report in this connection against Ramdas and half a dozen of his associates but so far no one was arrested by the local police.
Meanwhile two brothers were also sprayed with bullets over an old rivalry in Jalaun on Friday evening. According to reports, Vinod Mishra (45) and his brother Arvind Mishra (36), hailing from Pachhipuri locality of Konch, were having old dispute with Pankaj Mishra, residing in the same locality. On Friday evening, when both the brothers were sitting in the village, Pankaj arrived and had heated arguments with them. The matter took an ugly turn when Pankaj was later also joined by four armed miscreants who all opened indiscriminate fire on Vinod and his brother Arvind and gunned them down. They also opened several rounds fire in the air to ensure their safe escape. The villagers who rushed after they heard the gun shot shifted the victims to near-by hospital but they were declared dead upon arrival. A case has been registered and efforts were made to nab the accused.