BJP worker’s body with multiple wounds found in Pratapgarh

PRAYAGRAJ: Tension prevailed at Pithapur Malak village in Kohdaur area of Pratapgarh on Saturday after the body of 52-year-old booth president of BJP was found by the roadside.
The victim had tried to intervene in a dispute between two parties and was allegedly beaten to death on Friday night.
Additional SP (east) Surendra Dwivedi and CO (city) Abhay Pandey rushed to the village with heavy force from five police stations and PAC personnel, but had to face opposition from the kin of the deceased and locals.
After hours of pacifying the villagers, police finally sent the body for a post-mortem examination in the afternoon after SDM promised to provide a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the bereaved kin. “We have registered an FIR against two men, both brothers, on the complaint of the deceased’s brother-in-law,” he said.
The victim, Dhirendra Bahadur Singh, was a resident of Pithapur Malak village under Kohdaur police station area. At 9.30pm on Friday, two people started cutting sugarcane from the field of a farmer Rajan Singh without his permission, which resulted in an altercation between them. As the spot was just 200 metres from Dhirendra’s house, he also reached the spot and snatched the bike keys from the two men. The issue was soon resolved and Rajan and his father Nagendra left for home, said Kohdaur police station SHO Bachhelal.
However, Dhirendra went missing thereafter and his body bearing multiple injury marks was found on the road close to the site of the dispute on Saturday morning. The locals alleged that Dhirendra was beaten to death by two brothers Ranjeet and Vipin Saroj of the nearby Hatsara Mangapur village after he tried to intervene in their fight with Rajan.