The brutal killing of a minor student rocked SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav’s Parliamentary constituency of Azamgarh.
Agitated with the murder, the locals along with college students staged a massive protest blocking roads for several hours. Only after the intervention of and assurance from senior officers, the blockade was lifted by the protesters. Surprisingly, the cops have so far even failed to zero in on the motive behind the murder.
As per reports, Kishen Yadav (7) of Sarai Bhadi area of Tarwa in Azamgarh, was on his way to attend class at Ram Kunwar Inter College in Mehnagar area on Wednesday morning. As he was about to enter the school premises, he was intercepted and fatally hacked by two unidentified miscreants. The assassins later escaped from the spot.
As the news of his death spread, hundreds of locals as well as college students gathered at the spot. They kept the body on the road and staged a massive protest demanding the immediate arrest of the culprits. later senior officers including DM and SSP rushed to the spot and somehow pacified the public to clear the blockade. A case has been registered and further investigations are on.
Meanwhile in Mau, a local leader was shot dead by bike-borne assailants on Tuesday night. As per reports, Pawan Yadav (45), a leader of Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, was shot by two motorcycle borne youths as he came out of the party office at Madhav Hotel Crossing of Kotwali area on Tuesday night. Yadav was rushed to a hospital where he succumbed.
later a case was registered against Ankur Rai of Sairoz under Kotwali police area. It was alleged that Rai orchestrated the killing of Yadav to avenge his father Ramdaras Rai’s murder wayback in 2001, in which Yadav was an accused. Rai is presently lodged in jail in a separate murder case. A case has been registered and investigations are on.
In Balrampur too, a man was shot dead by two unidentified persons in a village on Tuesday evening. The victim identified a Dilip Singh alias Rinku (30), was shot dead outside his residence at Suhagiburwa under Kotwali Dehat area on Tuesdayevening. An FIR has been registered and a probe is underway.