This story is from February 18, 2021

Village head shot dead in Jaunpur in enmity

Village head shot dead in Jaunpur in enmity
Varanasi: A 50-year-old village head, Rajkumar Yadav, was shot dead by four miscreants in Saraikhwaja area of Jaunpur on Tuesday leading to protest and dharna by villagers who also damaged some vehicles after blocking the road.
According to reports, as the news spread of the murder spread hundreds of villagers blocked Shahganj-Jaunpur city road by placing the body near Koiridih village and staged a violent protest.
The mob of villagers also damaged police vehicles and threw bricks at the police. The incident took place at a time when Governor Anandiben Patel was present at VBSP University some three kms away from the spot.
District magistrate Jaunpur Manish Kumar Verma, SP Rajkaran Nayyar, SP (rural) Tribhuvan Singh along with heavy police force rushed to the spot and managed to pacify the crowd to lift the dharna late in the evening.
SP Jaunpur said that the family of Yadav gave a complaint against two persons in this connection. “A named FIR has been lodged on their complaint and the killers would be nabbed soon. During initial investigation, old enmity has surfaced as reason behind the murder,” he added.
Police said that Yadav, who was the head of Makhmelpur village under the limits of Saraikhawaja police station, was returning home from the city on his motorcycle. When he was passing through Saraikhwaja area, four miscreants on two motorcycles intercepted him and sprayed him with bullets and fled the scene. Yadav died on the spot.
When the locals reached the spot, they found the body lying in a pool of blood. News of his killing spread like wildfire and hundreds of villagers from Makhmelpur reached there and blocked the road. Initially, police from Saraikhwaja and neighbouring police stations tried to disperse the mob, which indulged in brick batting and damaged some police vehicles.
Later, DM and SP along with heavy police force reached the spot while Samajwadi Party MLA from Malhani Lucky Yadav also reached there and convinced the villagers to lift the dharna.
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