Supporter of pradhan candidate beaten to death in Deoria

Gorakhpur: A village head candidate supporter was beaten to death at Jogidiha village of Madanpur area in Deoria district on late Thursday night. Police have sent the body for postmortem and registered a case against four. However, no one has been arrested in this connection so far.
Accorting to reports, Rajvanshi Yadav (55), son of late Ramavtar was a supporter of village head candidate Vinod aka Malik Singh, son of Ramchandra Singh.On Thursday late evening, he had an argument with the other village head candidate Raju Sahini. The situation was calmed down and both returned to their homes after intervention of other villagers.
On Thursday late night, Raju Sahini, along with his supporters, started hurling unparliamentary words in front of Rajvanshi’s house. Rajvanshi came out of his house and also informed the village head candidate Vinod aka Malik Singh.
Later, Raju Sahini’s supporters started beating Rajvanshi. When his son Rudal (30) and Vinod aka Malik Singh intervened, they started beating them also.
On being informed, the police reached the spot and rushed the injured to hospital from where Ranvanshi was referred to the district hospital. But he succumbed to his injuries on the way.
On the written complaint of Vinod aka Malik Singh, Madanpur police have registered a case of unintentional murder against four including Raju Sahini, Anil and Bhola.
“A group thrashed a person to death in Madanpur area over panchayat election rivalry. Three persons were injured. On the written complaint of a village head candidate a case of unintentional murder has been lodged against four accused. Police have initiated probe and are interrogating the accused,” said Ambika Prasad, CO Rudrapur.