SON OF RETIRED SUB-INSPECTOR SHOT DEAD IN BHOJPUR VILLAGE

ARA (RNI) Son of retired Sub-Inspector was shot dead at Dariyapur village under Ara Muffassil police station in the night on May 20, 2024. The deceased was identified as Pintu Yadav 32 son of Jag Narayan Yadav of Ghodpokhar village under Udwantnagar police station in Bhojpur district. Police recovered the body and brought it to the Ara Sadar Hospital for postmortem. An FIR has been lodged with the police under Ara Muffassil police station in this regard. Police are investigating the matter and also conducting raids to arrest the miscreants. Land dispute is said to be cause behind the incident. Police detained a person for interrogation.

Ashok Kumar Yadav, cousin brother of the deceased said that Pintu Yadav had purchased 10 katha of land near Dariyapur village under Ara Muffassil police station from a youth of the village and paid Rs. 14 lakh for it and the youth had also got the land measured. Meanwhile, when Pintu Yadav was going to his village Ghodpokhar on his motorcycle from his house at Godhana road in the night on May 20, 2024, the said youth called him on mobile to a garden at Karawa village on dinner. During dinner, that youth talked about not registering the land and not even returning the money. Regarding which, Pintu Yadav and that youth had hot discussion. After that Pintu Yadav got up and started his motorcycle to go the village but that youth stopped Pintu Yadav and shot him in his head and killed him.

SHO Ara Muffassil Police station Rajeev Ranjan Sinha said that four persons were present at the dinner and one of the persons after the murder informed the family members with Pintu Yadav mobile about the murder from the incident site. The person was also present at the dinner whom Pintu Yadav had given money. Police arrested a person in the regard and are interrogating him.