The situation in Fafhundi village of Ichak block turned tense when some men opened fire and tried to burn the house with the help of petrol in a land dispute clash on Thursday morning. Police team led by Ichak OIC rushed to the spot after getting information and has arrested a person. Police has also recovered a country made pistol and two live cartridges from the arrested person Gyan Prakash.
According to sources land dispute was going on since long between the families of Jay Narayan Kumar Mehta and Narayan Mahto. Jay Narayan Kumar Mehta, who is a para teacher was in jail since last more than three months in the case related with land dispute clash taken place in November last year.
Some days ago Jay Narayan Mehta came out of jail and since last few days hot verbal exchanges were going on between the two families. On Thursday morning Jay Narayan Mehta became so angry that he opened fire on his rivals but fortunately no one got injured. When people tried to control him he brought petrol and ignited the opposite parties house. The villagers saved the house but failed to save the agricultural product kept in the courtyard.
Our sources said that Gyan Prakash the son of main Jay Narayan Mehta also opened fire to save his father from the mob. When the police team came Jay Narayan Mehta managed to escape from the spot. Police arrested his son Gyan Prakash and seized the pistol and live cartridges. OIC Suresh Ram said that we will soon nab the main culprit.