Sonepat farmer shot over water dispute

Our Correspondent

Sonepat, August 17

A farmer Joginder, aged 30, of Butana Kundu village in the district, was shot dead allegedly by 11 persons of the village when he, along with his family members, was returning home from the fields late on Thursday evening.

In the attack, the victim’s two brothers, Rohit and Mohit, and father Ram Chander were injured and were admitted to BPS Government Women Medical College in Khanpur Kalan.

The sharing of irrigation water of gram panchayat was stated to be the reason of dispute and enmity between the rival families of the village.

According to the police, on the statement of Ram Chander, a case of murder and attempt to murder had been registered in the Butana police post against 11 villagers, identified as Pawan, Jai Narain, Pale Ram, Jagdish, Naveen, Praveen, Kuldeep, Ranjit, Sandeep, Ravinder and one relative of Jai Narain.

In another case, Virender, sarpanch of Chawlka village in the district, was shot and injured alleged by four youths. Three of them were identified as Sanjay, Chunchun and Ajai of the same village. The victim was walking near a drain when the incident took place near the village this morning.

He was rushed to the Community Health Centre at Kharkhoda, where doctors referred him to the PGIMS, Rohtak, where he was stated to be out of danger, A case of attempt to murder was registered against four persons in the Kharkhoda police station.