Former BSP minister,sons booked for opening fire at youth

Police said following Sanjay Rajbhar’s defeat,a section of villagers decided not to celebrate Holi.

Late in the afternoon,SP supporters organised a celebration in an open field and some villagers objected to it. The SP men reportedly misbehaved with Ajay Rajbhar while he was passing by.

In a complaint,villager Ram Jawahar alleged that Ajay opened fire on the villagers in which one person,identified as Anil Verma,suffered bullet injury.

The victim,who sustained bullet injury on his head,is admitted to the CSMMU Trauma centre in Lucknow where his condition is stated to be critical.

Police said the minister and his other son were not there at the time of the incident. The compaint against the minister and his sons was lodged by a villager,Ram Juhar.

Angry over the incident,the rival community members torched Rajbhar’s rice mill in the same area and over half-a-dozen vehicles. The police lodged an FIR against the villagers.