Ex-sarpanch shot in Sonepat village

Tribune News Service

Sonepat, May 23

Former sarpanch of Karewri village was shot dead near railway lines in the village late on Saturday night. The railway police registered a murder case against members of a criminal gang.

The deceased has been identified as Naresh, alias Neshi (44). Family members alleged that he had been murdered due to political enmity.

Rahul, nephew of the former sarpanch, in his complaint to GRP said that he along with his friend Vishal went to withdraw money from the ATM at Chitanavillage. Meanwhile, he received information that his uncle Naresh had been shot at in the farm.

He immediately reached there and found that his uncle was lying in the fields and his motorcycle was lying nearby.

They immediately rushed him to Bhagat Phool Singh Medical College for Women at Khanpur where doctors declared him dead.

He alleged that members of Ajay, alias Kannu, gang (Kannu had died in Punjab in a police encounter) had murdered his uncle due to political enmity. He also alleged that Sahil of the village and Kannu’s mother was involved in the murder conspiracy.

Rahul said that Naresh had defeated Kannu’s brother Sanjay in the poll for sarpanch five years ago. That led to enmity between them. It was also alleged that Kannu had also shot at Naresh in 2015. After some time, Sanjay died in a road accident and Kannu died in a police encounter.