The panchayat polls in Bihar scheduled for Thursday next led to a violent clash in the bordering area of Kushinagar lateMonday night. The fracas left a contestant dead and several others seriously injured.
Top police officers later rushed to the scene and claimed to have arrested three persons. Police patrol was stepped up along the border area to avert further violence.
As per reports, some voters from Alpha hamlet of Srinagar in West Champaran district (Bihar) are presently living in Gardiha Pathak area of Tariyasujan (Kushinagar). Besides, two pradhan aspirants Nandlal Yadav and Jainarain Yadav were also staying in the same village.
late on Monday night, the two parties came to a head and had a violent clash in which firearms, rods and sticks were freely used. Over half a dozen were injured in the free for all and were later rushed to the district hospital where one of the contestants Nand lal Yadav was pronounced “dead upon arrival”. The condition of Ram Asheesh, Sohan Yadav and Raghunath Yadav from Jainarain Yadav’s side and Mohan from the other side was stated to be critical as all suffered gunshot wounds. The police later arrested Jainarain Yadav and his two aides.
Meanwhile, tension ran high in Shamli when three of a family committed suicide by jumping before a running train at Budhana railway crossing on Tuesday.
Circle officer Nishank Sharma said that some people spotted three bodies lying on the tracks of Delhi-Shamli rail route at Budhana rail crossing on Tuesday morning.
While the deceased were yet to be identified, two women victims appeared to be aged 18 and 40 while the youth was in his early 20’s. The CO suspected that the victims probably belonged to the same family and had committed suicide.
Further investigations were on and the bodies were sent for autopsy. Efforts were on to ascertain their identity.
In Badaun, a headless body was recovered on Tuesday. As per reports, the body of a disabled man was found lying in the jungles of Veerampur in Wazitganj area on Tuesday morning. The cops recovered some papers from the victim’s pocket issued by local chief medical officer to confirm that the victim was disabled. It was through the certificate that the victim could be identified as Ramchandra (35) of Manpur in Etah. The body was sent for autopsy and investigations were on.