Dharna staged against UP police apathy to arrest accused

Block Pramukh Asoha, district Unnao, 50 Kilometer away from state capital Uttar Pradesh, staged Dharna at Gandhi Pratima Sthal Lucknow against the alleged attack done over him by a local goon including his accomplice under Krishna Nagar police station on Thursday last week.

Mr Raj Kumar Rawat, 40, resident of Lucknow, was heading to Unnao, boarded on his Innova(4 wheeler), Thursday morning last week meanwhile the way laid goons intercepted his  vehicle; broke the window glass; dragged them out and began to beat them brutally.

Mr Arvind Kumar alias Neetu Bajpai allegedly threatened him to resign from the post or face the dire consequences.

As he denied complying on to desire, they allegedly fired at him; but the fire missed so he escaped narrowly. He and the future of his family is endangering after this incident, he claimed. Even he claimed his Rifle was also snatched.

Mr Rawat said, “The FIR at Krishna Nagar Police station was registered after a long hours waiting when our other supporters, village heads, gathered after hearing about the incident at the police station."

According to Rawat, Rifle has been recovered and SHO had assured that the accused would be arrested within the 12 hours, but ironically they are wandering openly.

According to police, the FIR against the accused person have been registered under section IPC 323,427,395 and 506,307 and under SC ST Act 3(2)(v), 3(1)(dha). No arrest has been made so far.