This story is from November 17, 2020

Uttar Pradesh: Scribe, wife beaten to death in old enmity in Sonbhadra village

Uttar Pradesh: Scribe, wife beaten to death in old enmity in Sonbhadra village
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VARANASI: A farmer, who also worked as a correspondent for a Hindi daily, and his wife were brutally beaten to death in Barwadih village under Kone police station in Sonbhadra district on Monday evening in an old enmity with a former village head. Victim Uday Paswan died on the spot while his wife Sheetla succumbed to injuries at a hospital in Varanasi on Tuesday.
As the deceased had approached the Kone police for security in view of threat to him and his family, action has been taken against three cops.
"Inspector Kone, a sub-inspector and a constable have been suspended in this connection," said SP Sonbhadra Ashish Srivastava adding, “Five of six accused persons have also been arrested while the main accused, Keval Paswan, who is also former village head, is absconding.”
Uday and his wife Sheetla, who had been demanding security in view of the threat, had gone to Kone police station on Monday morning to pursue his demand. After 4.30 pm he was returning to his village with his wife on a motorcycle when his rivals attacked them with sticks. Despite the cries of the couple, nobody came to help even as the assailants fled the scene after killing Uday on the spot and injuring Sheetla.
On getting informatio,n Kone cops reached the spot and rushed Sheetla to a local hospital from where the doctors referred her to the Trauma centre of BHU in Varanasi in view of sharp deterioration in her health condition. The body of Uday was sent for postmortem.
Srivastava said, “On the complaint of Uday’s son Vinay Paswan, a named FIR against a former village head Keval Paswan, his wife Kaushalya, sons Jitendra, Gabbar, Sikandar and his representative Ekhlaq Alam has been lodged under sections 147, 148 and 302 of IPC.”
He added that except Keval, all other accused have been arrested while raids are continuing to nab the main accused.
Regarding enmity of Uday with Keval and his family, Vinay informed police that his father was a farmer and also a correspondent with a Lucknow-based Hindi daily. Uday had a land dispute with Keval since long and cases had been lodged against both groups in 2016, 2018 and this year also.

As police did not pay attention towards Uday’s complaints and demand for security for him and his family, Vinay said, “His father had also given a complaint in chief minister’s Janta Darbar in Lucknow. Despite directives issued from the CMO, the Sonbhadra cops did not pay any attention.”
Srivastava said, “On detection of laxity performed by Kone cops action has been initiated against the police station in-charge and his subordinates while further investigation in this matter is ongoing.”
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