Clash over old political and land dispute claimed two lives and left half a dozen others injured besides reducing several houses into ashes in Badaun on Tuesday morning. local police which reached the spot shifted the injured to hospital. They later registered a case in this regard but made no arrest.
Reports said that Nawase (25) and his brother Saggan (28), both natives of Rahma hamlet of Binawar in Badaun were having dispute with Saukat and his brother Besar, for a long time. Besides land dispute, they also had political differences as Nawase was in support of sitting gram pradhan Guddu while the opposite Party is camping behind former pradhan Aslam, who lost last elections to Guddu.Reports further said that the dispute took a bloody turn on Tuesday morning when both the parties came head to head and clashed with each other. They not just opened fire but also torched the houses of each other supporters.
Surprisingly, it was only over a hour for free for all before the local police reached the spot. Till than Nawase and his brother Saggan both died on the spot while about half a dozen of their supporters will seriously injured and shifted to hospital.
According to local police, both Saukat and Besar along with their henchmen escaped from the spot before they reached and only one of their kin identified as Ibrahim, who too was injured in the firing was found at the spot. However, they shifted him to hospital and launched a hunt for the killers.