New Delhi: Nine persons, including three women, were killed and four others received injuries after a
Gram Pradhan (
village chief) and his supporters opened fire in a land dispute in Ghorwal area of UP’s
Sonbhadra district on Wednesday.
Police said the village chief and his supporters attempted to take possession of a disputed land. The village chief
Yagya Dutt had allegedly purchased the land about two years back. “The village chief had purchased the land from a
IAS officer two years back,” UP DGP O P Singh told ET. According to him, police had initiated preventive actions against the village chief in the past.