Ballia firing incident: Main accused Dhirendra Singh sent to 14 days judicial custody

VARANASI: The Ballia firing case main accused Dhirendra Pratap Singh, arrested on Sunday from Lucknow by the UPSTF, was produced before the chief judicial magistrate (CJM) Ballia on Monday and sent to jail in 14-day judicial custody.
ADG, Varanasi Zone, Brij Bhushan said Dhirendra was brought to Ballia amid tight security arrangements on Sunday night and was produced before the CJM court and sent to jail.Dhirendra’s lawyer filed a bail plea, which was rejected by the CJM, who ordered him to be sent to jail in 14-day judicial remand.
BJP MLA from Bairia Surendra Singh, who had been vocal in Dhirendra’s support did not speak and remained out of scene, but MP Virendra Singh Mast met DIG Azamgarh range Subhash Chandra Dubey, Ballia DM Hari Pratap Shahi and SP Devendra Nath and asked them to ensure an FIR was lodged on the complaint of Dhirendra’s family members as they had also suffered injuries in the incident.
After the meeting, the MP said, “The incident was circumstantial. If one person of a side was killed, women of the other group also suffered injuries. The DIG is camping in Ballia. I have talked to him, DM and SP and a decision was taken that people of the other group would give complaint and action will be taken on it.”
He also appealed to all parties to work for normalising the situation in Durjanpur village.
However, DIG Azamgarh range, DM and SP could not be contacted despite repeated efforts to know whether FIR had been lodged on the complaint of Dhirendra’s family.
Dhirendra had allegedly shot Jai Prakash Pal Gama (46) on Thursday following a quarrel over the allotment of ration shops at Durjanpur village in Ballia's Reoti area in presence of senior administration and police officials.
Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party activists led by district unit chief Hawaldar Yadav staged a demonstration in Azamgarh.
Yadav said law and order had gone out of control in the state and the silence of the chief minister on the incident is shocking.