A group of miscreants shot dead a 50-year-old Dalit man and his son over a property related issue in Etawah district on Saturday night. According to reports, the victims identified as Jasram and his son Ajay Kumar, both of Nagla Pachay village under Bharthna police station area had a dispute with Rajendra Yadav, Mithilesh Yadav, Durvendra Yadav, Chote lal and Mohan lal, all of above said village. Both the groups were applying muscle tactics to grab the land in their favour.
Around 9 pm on Saturday, Jasram and his 18-year-old son Ajay were attacked by their rival group and their aides. In the sudden attack, the victims did not get enough time to save themselves and fell to the bullets. The miscreants fled the scene leaving their rivals to bleed profusely. Before a help come, Jasram died on the spot while his son died on the way to hospital.
The incident triggered rage among the supporters of the victims and they began to assemble the scene to avenge the killing. When the cops got to know this, they got cold feet apprehending serious challenge on law and order front. Huge police force was dispatched to the scene to control the situation. The operation was led by senior police officials who managed to mollify the mob assuring them of proper action. later, the cops arrested one Jaiveer of Nagla Pachay village and efforts to nab other miscreants are on. But the arrest of above said miscreant failed to satisfy the supporters of other group who alleged that the police arrested the man in pressure from public while it gave a loose end to other miscreants. They attributed prime accused Rajendra’s close connection with a political person of the locality to be a reason behind leverage given to miscreants.