Village head shot dead over land dispute in Uttar Pradesh, locals shoot accused dead

Jayprakash Singh, the head of Palia Pratap Sah village has been shot dead over a land dispute. In retaliation, some people of the locality opened fire at the accused who died on the spot.

Ayodhya: Two persons were shot dead in Dharamganj Bazar under Inayatnagar police limits in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya district on Monday afternoon.

The deceased have been identified as Jayprakash Singh, the head of the village, and Ram Padarth alias Nanh Yadav of the same locality.

According to sources, there was a land dispute between the trio, Somai Kori, Ramai Kori, and Swaminath Pal in Palia Pratap Sah village. Following which, the head of the village, Jayaprakash Singh went to the spot at around 10 am on Monday to settle the land dispute among the trio.

After returning from there, Singh was sitting at a shop located in Dharamganj Bazar. Suddenly, a notorious criminal of the locality, Nanh Yadav came to Singh and abused him over the land dispute matter.

The verbal duel turned violent when the enraged Yadav pulled the trigger on Singh and injured him critically. In retaliation, some people of the locality opened fire at Yadav and he died on the spot. Immediately locals rushed Singh to the Ayodhya DHH where his condition turned critical and he breathed his last, sources said.

On being informed, police reached the spot and registered two cases of murder. Police have also sent the bodies for post-mortem and a probe has been initiated into the incident.

It is suspected that the incident was the fall out of land dispute rivalry. The actual cause behind the attack will be ascertained after the arrest of accused persons, the police said.

Meanwhile, on being informed about the incident, MP Lallu Singh and BJP District President Sanjeev Singh reached the spot. The incident has caused panic in the area and for this, a heavy police force has been deployed in the area, sources added.