Former block devpt council member shot in Azamgarh

Times News Network
Varanasi: Mohd Alam, a former block development council member, who was physically challenged, was shot by some miscreants near a brick kiln when he was returning to home on his tricycle near a brick kiln under Jiyanpur police station area in Azamgarh district on Thursday afternoon.
SP Azamgarh Sudhir Kumar Singh said that Alam was attacked when he was returning home and died on the spot.Following the initial investigation, some old enmity is suspected behind the killing, he said adding that the teams have been engaged for the early arrest of the killers.
Alam, a native of Paigambarpur village under Jiyanpur police station area had gone to market on his tricycle to purchase some household articles. He was passing through Keshopur forest area when the miscreants opened indiscriminate fire on him near a brick kiln and fled the scene.
Before the villagers could reach the site of the crime, the assailants managed to escape. The body of Alam was found lying in a pool of blood. Apart from Jiyanpur police station, police team from other police station areas also reached the spot while SP Azamgarh also took stock of the situation. He claimed that the killers would be nabbed very soon