People are seen panicking and running frantically in the 5 second video.
Highlight
- The fight broke out yesterday at a meeting in a town in Ballia
- While a BJP MLS aide slipped away, his brother was arrested
- Officials who were present during the shooting have been suspended.
Ballia:
A 46-year-old man was shot and killed in the presence of state officials and police when a fight broke out at a meeting in a village in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, yesterday.
Police say Jaiprakash was shot and killed by Dhirendra Singh, a BJP worker who is said to be close to the MLA Surendra Singh party. While Dhirendra Singh was escaping, his brother Devendra Singh has been arrested.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath suspended officials who were present during the shooting.
The shooting, which has been caught on camera, caused a stampede. Dramatic images shared by the ANI news agency show a large number of people in a field as three shots are fired. People are seen panicking and running frantically in the 5 second video.
The meeting had been convened in the village of Durjanpur on the allocation of ration shops. A fight broke out between those who had gathered for the meeting held in a tent, police officer Devendra Nath told the PTI news agency.
MLA Surendra Singh confirmed that the man who shot heads the BJP’s ex-military unit in Ballia. He also claimed that the defendants fired in “legitimate defense” and alleged a “unilateral investigation.”
“The incident is regrettable and tragic. I also condemn the administration’s unilateral investigation … Dozens of Dhirendra Singh’s family would have died had he not fired in self-defense,” the MLA said today.
Yesterday, Surendra Singh had said that such an incident “can happen anywhere”.
“This is a victim that can happen anywhere. In this incident, there were stonings from both sides. The law will take its own course.”
A police case has been registered against 15 to 20 people due to a complaint from the victim’s brother.
The subdivision magistrate, a senior police officer and others have been suspended.
“Taking note of the incident seriously, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ordered that the SDM and police personnel present at the scene be immediately suspended and that the strictest measures be taken against the accused,” said the additional Chief Secretary of the Interior. , Awanish Kumar Awasthi in Lucknow.
“The role of the agents will be investigated and whether a responsible criminal action will be taken,” he said.
The opposition Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) have condemned the incident, calling it another example of “the death of public order” in UP after the recent incidents of rape and murder and the attack in Hathras on a young woman who died days later. then.
“It is clear from the Ballia incident and the assault on women and minors that law and order are dead in this state. It will be better if the state government pays attention to this. That is the advice of the BSP,” said Mayawati, leader. of the BSP.
“The way a BJP worker escaped after shooting someone in the presence of SDM and the police has exposed the reality of law and order in UP. Let’s see if this ‘meeting government’ will also overturn his car,” he tweeted the Samajwadi leader, Akhilesh Yadav. .
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