2 killed, 3 injured in dispute over mining in Kanpur Dehat

Kanpur:Two persons were killed while three others were injured over monetary and mining area dispute between the two groups at Nibarri village at Yamuna Kharka Ghat in Rajpur area under the limits of Satti police station in Kanpur Dehat district on Thursday. Police have recovered empty cartridges of 315 and 12 bore firearms from the spot. Following the firing, tension prevailed in the area and senior police officers including IG Range Mohit Agarwal, rushed to the spot.
Reports said a fight broke out after one group attacked other over monetary and mining area dispute at Kharka Ghat in Yamuna riverbed in Rajpur area. Following heated argument, both the groups attacked each other with lathis, sticks and sharp-edged weapons and also resorted to indiscriminate firing killing two persons and leaving three others injured.
The police on being informed rushed to the spot and admitted the injured men to hospital and shifted the bodies for postmortem examination. A heavy deployment has been made at the clash site to avoid any kind of further backlash. Further investigations are underway.
The police identified the deceased as Gyanendra Singh Chauhan (42), a resident of Jamu village in Bidhnoo area of Kanpur Nagar and Gulrez (40) of Satti village in Kanpur Dehat. The three injured including one Deepak Singh, who had sustained wounds caused by lathi and sticks are undergoing treatment at the district hospital.
According to superintendent of police (SP) Kanpur Dehat, Anurag Vatsa, five people have been taken into custody in connection with the incident and their questioning is underway. “The incident occurred at Nibarri village in Yamuna Kharka Ghat in Rajpur area under the limits of Satti police station,” he said.
He added, “During preliminary investigations, it came to fore that one Manoj Chauhan and Saida Khan had together taken sand mines on lease but later fell apart due to monetary and mining area dispute. Both Gyanendra and Gulrez sustained multiple gun-shot wounds on their faces and other vital body parts. While Gyanendra died on the spot, Gulrez who was rushed to the district hospital was pronounced dead on arrival by the doctors.”
Five persons have been detained and their questioning is underway in this connection, additional superintendent of police (ASP) Anup Kumar said, adding, “we are ascertaining the role of others whose names surfaced during initial probe. They are at large and a search for them is on.”