Family claims associates of local land mafia attacked them over old property related rivalry.
Family claims associates of local land mafia Durga Yadav took away property He fired several rounds of bullets and attacked them with rods and canes in relation to the old enmity.
Taking serious cognizance of the incident, Lucknow Commissioner of Police (CP) DK Thakur said the police are asked to collect previous crime records of Durga Yadav and promised strict action against him if found guilty.
He said the perpetrators would be booked under charges of decide to murder and atrocities against SC/ST persons after receiving a complaint from the victims’ family.
Another police official said the victim Bajrang Rawat has accused Durga Yadav and his aides Raju Yadav, Ajay Yadav, Vijay Yadav, Rajpal et al. for the attack.
He said Bajrang, his brother Vishal and his wife Sarita and two relatives Dilip and Rajesh were injured within the attack. Of them Rajesh suffered bullet wound on right side of the chest, Vishal suffered bullet injury in his palm while three others suffered severe injuries on head while being attacked with rods, he added.
The official further said Bajrang claimed that Durga Yadav and his aides had murdered his father Bheekha Ram Rawat on October 7, 2015 during a bid to grab their 2-bigha land located alongside Shaheed Path opposite Medanta Hospital.
“Yadav and his aides are mounting pressure on Bajrang to point out hostile as he was a key witness within the murder case that's currently being investigated by the CB-CID and thus the accused are likely to be chargesheeted soon,” he said.
Bajrang said the attack was the results of his denial to point out hostile within the case as Yadav and his aides had called him two days back for the same reason.
