Firoz Ahmed alias Pappu, an area Samajwadi Party chief, was allegedly murdered by unidentified assailants close to his home in Uttar Pradesh’s Balrampur on Tuesday night time, police stated.
Police stated on Wednesday that Ahmed, former president of Tulsipur Nagar Panchayat, was returning dwelling after campaigning for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections when the assailants slit his throat. The household took him to Tulsipur Community Health Center, the place medical doctors declared him introduced useless.
Superintendent of Police Hemant Kutiyal informed the information company PTI That the physique has been despatched for postmortem. He stated that 4 groups have been shaped to arrest the criminals. A money reward of Rs 1 lakh has additionally been introduced for these offering important details about the incident.
Numerous police personnel have been deployed within the space and senior officers together with the DIG have left to take inventory of the scenario.
As quickly because the information unfold, Samajwadi Party leaders together with his supporters and former minister SP Yadav reached the hospital in massive numbers. Yadav on Wednesday introduced suspension of all applications of the Samajwadi Party and demanded fast arrest of the culprits.
Meanwhile, the celebration has constituted a five-member committee to probe the incident and ship its report back to celebration president Akhilesh Yadav.
According to celebration sources, Pappu was a robust contender for the celebration ticket from Tulsipur meeting seat.
Meanwhile, the merchants of Tulsipur saved their shutters closed as a mark of protest.
(with PTI inputs)
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
