Two persons were killed and 19 others were injured when illicit relations led to clash between two groups in Agra during festival of colours on Wednesday afternoon. A case was registered in this regard by the local police but no one was arrested so far.
According to reports, one Nahar Singh, hailing from Jatpura locality of Nibohara in Agra and his neighbor, Ramdas, both ere working in New Delhi. The dispute between the two started when Nahar Singh, suspected some foul play after finding that Ramdas and his wife were having telephone chat for long periods without his knowledge. The matter took an ugly turn when on Wednesday during festival of colours, Nahar Singh found his wise playing Holi with Ramdas. When he objected, Ramdas reacted and both hurled abuses on each other. later both the groups took out country made weapons and opened indiscriminate fire on each other in which besides Nahar Singh, one of his kin Nathi Singh both were killed in the shoot-out while 19 others from both sides received bullet or pellet injuries. They all were shifted to hospital by the police who rushed to the spot soon after learning of the shoot-out.
Meanwhile a sub-inspector was found dead under mysterious circumstances inside his official residence in Bulundshahr on Thursday morning. Reports said that Mahaweer Singh, a SI posted at Anoopsaher police station in Bulundshahr, has not reported on duty for last two days and went missing. On Thursday when the local cops launched a search for him after being contacted by victim’s son Pradeep, they were shocked when they found his body lying inside his official quarter at same police station campus. The cops found blood stains in the mouth which showed that either he consumed some heavy poison or someone strangulated him to death. However, the local police claimed that it might be a case of snake biting. They registered a case and send the body for autopsy test and were now waiting for the report to confirm actual cause behind the death.
In one more incident reported from Meerut, a youth was gunned down in connection with an old dispute on early Thursday morning. According to reports, Fateh Singh aka Ravish (21), hailing from Phaluda locality of Meerut, was going in connection with some work on early Thursday morning when Babloo, Brij Mohan, Mahesh and lokesh, all real brothers residing in the same locality rounded him. Before Ravish could do anything, the culprits opened fire burst and gunned him down on the spot. They later escaped from the spot. The local police which rushed to the spot later claimed that Ravish was having property related dispute with the accused which probably led to his murder. A case was registered and further investigation is on.