6 people including 2 children killed over land dispute in UP
Tension brewed up in Rudrapur area of the district when land dispute led to killing of 6 people including two children and a woman in Fatehpur village on Monday morning.
Tension brewed up in Rudrapur area of the district when land dispute led to killing of 6 people including two children and a woman in Fatehpur village on Monday morning.
Enraged by the incident, the family members of the deceased vandalized a dozen houses in the neighborhood and set them on fire.
The incident came hours after Union Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment Ramdas Athawale claimed that the condition of Dalits in the state had improved under the BJP regime.
The incident took place in the Lodhipur village under Chabilapur police station on Wednesday. The reason for the incident was a land dispute between two cousins, Mahender Yadav and Parsuram Yadav.
On March 5, 2020, the Andhra Pradesh government issued a notification roping in three villages from the Kotia group of villages into its Vizianagaram district for the local body elections.
'A case has been registered against 10 accused out of whom 6 people have been arrested so far. Further investigation underway,' Additional SP, Ballia told.
Adityanath will first meet the family members of the victims in Ummah village of Ghorawal Tehsil after which he will go to the district hospital to meet the villagers who got injured.
The dispute between the villagers and the village chief pertains to a piece of 36-acre land.
A three-person committee has been constituted to investigate the matter from 1955 till now and has been directed to give a report to the government in 10 days.
According to UP DGP OP Singh, firing took place after the villagers protested when Dutt went there with allies to take possession of the land which he had purchased two years ago.
