Kanpur: On the basis of the complaint filed by a farmhouse employee accusing the husband of the newly-elected village head and 18 of his aides of assaulting him and his wife and one other on late Monday night, police after lodging an FIR under relevant sections of the IPC, have launched an investigation in this regard.
Gauri Shankar Kushwaha, a farmhouse employee, got a complaint lodged at the Bithoor police station on Tuesday accusing Ram Sajeevan Nishad, husband of the newly-elected village head and his 18 aides, for barging into the farmhouse located in Ramelnagar and brutally assaulting him with lathis and sticks on Monday.
“When his wife and one Suraj Kushwaha tried to rescue him, the accused assaulted them too,” the complainant alleged.
Inspector Bithoor Amit Kumar Mishra said following registration of an FIR against 19 persons, searches are underway to arrest the accused.
“Going by the preliminary findings, the reason behind the attack seems to be old enmity over a matter related to the recently held panchayat election”, Mishra added.