October 10, 2019 3:27 am
The police claimed that during their investigation they found the 10 persons were named by the main accused — village pradhan Yagyadutt — and his aides during interrogation, but none of them were present at the spot of the firing incident or had any links with the culprits.
August 14, 2019 2:13 pm
A video of Gandhi's aide misbehaving with a journalist during her visit had gone viral on social media. It showed a reporter asking a question to Gandhi on scrapping of Article 370 of the Constitution when he was pushed back and an argument started.
August 08, 2019 5:05 am
SP Chaudhary has directed Ghorawal police to reinvestigate, adding that it was being done on the basis of directives issued by the state government.
August 05, 2019 2:13 am
The CM said the decisions were taken after two committees, one headed by Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue) Renuka Kumar and another headed by ADG (Varanasi) Braj Bhushan submitted their reports.
July 23, 2019 7:23 am
Yagya Dutt’s lawyer, K N Mishra, rejected the allegations against the pradhan as “baseless”. He maintained that the pradhan's land had been encroached upon.
July 22, 2019 7:19 am
Police said they have also recovered 10 empty cartridges and around 45 bamboo sticks from the spot of the incident. The seized weapons and the empty cartridges are being sent for ballistic examination.