UP: For Rs 200, goons opened fire on a Dalit family, 1 dead, 3 including 2 children injured

Muzaffarnagar. In Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district, on Tuesday late evening, some miscreants created a sensation by firing on a Dalit family over a transaction of Rs 200. In this incident, a person died tragically on the spot. At the same time, another youth including two children was seriously injured due to bullet injuries. On the information of the incident, in a hurry, the top officials along with the police force reached the spot, where the police first admitted the injured to the hospital for treatment, while the police (Muzaffarnagar Police) sent the panchnama of the dead body for post-mortem. The arrest of the accused in the case has started.

In fact, the incident is of Rajpurkala village of Jansath Kotwali area, where Rajendra, a domineering person of the village, along with his son Mohit and another accomplice created a sensation by firing on a Dalit family with his licensed gun over a minor transaction dispute of Rs 200. Was given In this firing, where a 35-year-old man Sanju alias Sanjeev died on the spot, the deceased Sanjeev’s 4-year-old son Shaurya, 5-year-old daughter Divya and Mohit, a brother of the deceased, were seriously injured in this incident.

4 teams were formed for investigation

After carrying out the incident where the accused ran away from the spot fearlessly. On the other hand, on the information of the incident, SP Rural Atul Kumar Srivastava himself reached the spot with heavy police force, where the injured were first admitted to the hospital for treatment by the police, while the body of the deceased was sent for post-mortem by the police to investigate the matter. Investigation has been started. In this case, four teams have been formed by the authorities to arrest the accused.

‘The culprits will be arrested soon’

Giving more information about this, SP Rural Atul Kumar Srivastava said that there was some dispute between the two parties regarding the transaction of Rs 200 in Rajpur Kala village of Jansath police station late in the evening. And three other people are injured who are being treated in the hospital. All three people are out of danger, detailed investigation is being done, we have formed 4 teams to arrest the culprits. Soon he will be arrested and strict action will be taken against him.

‘Everyone was shot even after taking Rs 200’

While the injured Mohit told that bullets were fired at my house, I am a Balmiki boy, he is a Jat, he came to my house and fired, one of my elder brother died and his two children and I were injured in a dispute over Rs 200. It had happened that he said that you have taken 200 rupees whereas I had not taken 200 rupees from him, still I had given him 200 rupees. Then again brought the gun, there were three to four other people at my house. My elder brother was killed, I was injured. My nephew and niece are injured. I had come from outside along with my brother and as soon as I came, the criminals opened fire. The bullet hit the elder brother first, then me too. Let me tell you, after this incident, different types of discussions are happening in the area.

Courtesy: News 18

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