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Updated: May 20, 2020 1:15:38 am
In the 2 minutes 30 seconds of video that was shot during the incident, two men with rifles are seen arguing with a group of men. Several of the other, can be seen standing next to a mud road. (Source: Twitter/@samajwadiparty)
A Party leader Samajwadi and his son were shot and killed in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal on Tuesday morning, allegedly after a dispute with a couple of villagers on the construction of a road. A video of the two shot has also emerged.
A Party leader Samajwadi and his son were shot and killed in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal on Tuesday, allegedly after a dispute with some villagers over the construction of a road. A video of the two shot has also emerged.
According to Additional SP, Sambhal, Alok Kumar Jayswal, Chhote Lal Diwakar (50) and his son Sunil Kumar (28) were shot to death over a dispute regarding a road constructed under MGNREGS in Shamsoi people. Diwakar the women of the village pradhan.
Two of the accused — Jitendra Sharma and Sharmendra Sharma, have been arrested while police are looking for Ramendra, Upendra, Gyandendra and Gajendra Singh, local residents who have been named in the FIR.
“We have registered an FIR against identified and not identified in the sections of the IPC, including 302 (murder). They are the local. The dispute about the construction of the road in that area. The defendant shot the two victims and fled the scene. We have formed teams of their detention,” Jayswal said.
The scheduled Castes and scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities), 1989 has also been invoked. The victims belong to the Dalit community, while the defendants are the Brahmins. The families had a rivalry on the panchayat elections.
Diwakar another son of Sachin filed a complaint that read “My mother Kamlesh Devi is the current chief of the village. The work done for the development of the village was being supervised by my father. The family of Ramendra Sharma, who is the former head of the village, there was a problem with the development of the work carried out in the village and had filed a case under false charges against my father and my brother, who is being heard in court.”
Kamlesh Devi defeated Ramendra Sharma in 2015 panchayat elections. Panchayat elections again scheduled in this year.
In the 2 minutes 30 seconds of video that was shot during the incident, two men with rifles are seen arguing with some men. Several of the other, can be seen standing next to a mud road. According to police, the duo seen carrying rifles father-son duo in the area. Towards the end of the video, the duo is seen in withdrawal. That, then, turn and shoot Diwakar and their son.
According to police officials, the dispute arose after the defendant argued that the road was the rape of their lands. “The defendant had asked Diwakar to stop working and find an alternative route. Diwakar was not according as the job had already been assigned,” said a police officer.
In 2017, Diwakar I am a Samajwadi Party ticket to contest Assembly elections from Chandausi. He finally not contest as the seat went to the Congress after the two parties tied.
Condemning the killings, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav expressed his outrage at the incident. “The party has been committing atrocities in the SP leaders during the past three years. During the blockade, there has been no check on crimes in the state. Innocent people are murdered every day in the state under the BJP government… Before this incident, the SP leaders were killed in Azamgarh and Jaunpur,” said a statement issued by the party, citing Akhilesh.
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