SP leader shot dead in Uttar Pardesh

Sep 14, 2010 |

Tags:

A local Samajwadi Party (SP) leader was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district, police said on Tuesday.

Shivbaran Yadav, 47, was shot dead late on Monday while he was having a discussion with some locals in the Barnao village of Kanpur, some 80 km from Lucknow.

Yadav's wife Chandrakali is the head of the Barnao village, police said.

"According to eyewitnesses, around three-four men, who had their faces covered, shot Yadav and escaped on their motorcycles," police inspector, Mr A.N. Rai, told reporters in Kanpur.

"Yadav, who suffered several bullet injuries, was rushed to a hospital by some locals. He was declared brought dead by the doctors," he added.

Though the exact reason behind the incident is yet to be ascertained, police believe it could be fallout of some political rivalry.

"On the complaint made by Yadav's family, we have registered a case against two men. Both of them are absconding. Efforts are on to nab them," Rai said.

The murder has sparked protests by a large number of SP activists, who carried out demonstrations in parts of Kanpur, demanding the arrest of those behind Yadav's murder.

Post new comment

<form action="/comment/reply/32790" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="post" id="comment-form"> <div><div class="form-item" id="edit-name-wrapper"> <label for="edit-name">Your name: <span class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span></label> <input type="text" maxlength="60" name="name" id="edit-name" size="30" value="Reader" class="form-text required" /> </div> <div class="form-item" id="edit-mail-wrapper"> <label for="edit-mail">E-Mail Address: <span class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span></label> <input type="text" maxlength="64" name="mail" id="edit-mail" size="30" value="" class="form-text required" /> <div class="description">The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.</div> </div> <div class="form-item" id="edit-comment-wrapper"> <label for="edit-comment">Comment: <span class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span></label> <textarea cols="60" rows="15" name="comment" id="edit-comment" class="form-textarea resizable required"></textarea> </div> <fieldset class=" collapsible collapsed"><legend>Input format</legend><div class="form-item" id="edit-format-1-wrapper"> <label class="option" for="edit-format-1"><input type="radio" id="edit-format-1" name="format" value="1" class="form-radio" /> Filtered HTML</label> <div class="description"><ul class="tips"><li>Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.</li><li>Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd></li><li>Lines and paragraphs break automatically.</li></ul></div> </div> <div class="form-item" id="edit-format-2-wrapper"> <label class="option" for="edit-format-2"><input type="radio" id="edit-format-2" name="format" value="2" checked="checked" class="form-radio" /> Full HTML</label> <div class="description"><ul class="tips"><li>Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.</li><li>Lines and paragraphs break automatically.</li></ul></div> </div> </fieldset> <input type="hidden" name="form_build_id" id="form-5cee3b6a741cc8edd128e8969493d55d" value="form-5cee3b6a741cc8edd128e8969493d55d" /> <input type="hidden" name="form_id" id="edit-comment-form" value="comment_form" /> <fieldset class="captcha"><legend>CAPTCHA</legend><div class="description">This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.</div><input type="hidden" name="captcha_sid" id="edit-captcha-sid" value="85794366" /> <input type="hidden" name="captcha_response" id="edit-captcha-response" value="NLPCaptcha" /> <div class="form-item"> <div id="nlpcaptcha_ajax_api_container"><script type="text/javascript"> var NLPOptions = {key:'c4823cf77a2526b0fba265e2af75c1b5'};</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://call.nlpcaptcha.in/js/captcha.js" ></script></div> </div> </fieldset> <span class="btn-left"><span class="btn-right"><input type="submit" name="op" id="edit-submit" value="Save" class="form-submit" /></span></span> </div></form>