Kumar Rajiv Nayan

Ara : Some unidentified armed miscreants waylaid and shot dead JD(U) Bhojpur Unit Youth Wing General Secretary Saheb Yadav, 24, at village Rupbandh  under Jagdishpur police station on January 9, 2020, late evening, for protesting sale of liquor in the area. Tthe miscreants fled away from the scene firing in the air.

Saheb Yadav was son of Lorik Yadav of Rupbandh village. Police brought the body to Ara Sadar Hospital for post-mortem. An FIR has been lodged with Jagdishpur police station in this connection. Police are investigating the matter and also conducting raids to arrest the miscreants.

SHO, Jagdishpur police station, said that Saheb Yadav used to oppose sale of liquor in the area causing the liquor smugglers huge loss. He said that Saheb Yadav had gone to the field at the village to attend call of nature in the evening and when he was returning home, some unidentified armed miscreants waylaid and shot him dead.

The family members of the deceased alleged that Saheb Yadav was threatened with dire consequences if he did not stop  opposing sale of liquor in the area and added they complained to the police in this regard earlier but to no avail.

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