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Ara :  A named FIR has been lodged by Gadhani police station in Bhojpur district against Chunnu Singh, an aspirant for the post of Mukhia, his brother Kamlesh Singh, father Mrityunjay Singh, and a villager Jai Prakash Singh, on the statement of Sunil Singh, on August 6, 2019 evening, in connection with murder of Mukhia, Barap Panchayat, Arun Singh, of village Sahangi  under Gadhani police station. Sunil Singh is cousin brother of slain Barap panchayat Mukhia Arun Singh.

Police on August 7, 2019, arrested one  of the named accused Jai Prakash Singh, interrogated him and later sent him to jail. Police are conducting raids to arrest the remaining three named accused.

SHO, Gadhani police station, that Arun Singh and Chunnu Singh of village Sahangi had contested election to the post of  Mukhia. Arun Singh had defeated Chunnu Singh in the election. On August 5, 2019, four armed miscreants came and shot at Arun Singh from point blank range when he was talking to a person at his village Sahangi and escaped. The villagers rushed Arun Singh to  Ara Sadar Hospital but he succumbed to his injuries on way to hospital.

Meanwhile, activists of the CPI(ML) staged a day long dharana at all the 14 block headquarters on August 7 to protest the murder of  Mukhia Barap panchayat Arun Singh and failure of police to arrest the main accused in his murder.Bhojpur District Secretary, CPI(ML), Jawahar Lal Singh while strongly condemnibg the murder of Arun Singh said that the incidents of  murder, rape, and mob lynching are on rise ever since the BJP came to power. He alleged that  the farmer leaders : Buddhram Paswan, Satish Yadav, and Arun Singh who championed the cause of farmers, labourers and downtrodden people, were killed and murderous attempts were made on woman Mukhia of Taar Panchayat, and her husband recently.

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