Prayagraj: Father-son duo killed in clash over land dispute

PRAYAGRAJ: A man and his son were killed and five others were injured when a clash broke out between two rival groups during a panchayat meeting to resolve a decades-old property dispute in Sheikhupur village under Raniganj police station in Pratapgarh district on Sunday morning.
The deceased Dayashankar Mishra (60) and his son Anand Mishra (24) were attending a panchayat in Sheikhupur village to resolve the property dispute on being attacked as a clash erupted between the two groups. SP Pratapgarh Abhishek Singh suspended three policemen — sub-inspector Rajesh Rai, head constable Buddhan Prasad and constable Rama Yadav — on charges of dereliction of duty. The SP told reporters, “The two rival camps led by Dayashankar Mishra and Chandramani Mishra had been at loggerheads since three decades over a land dispute.”
On Sunday, the two were attending a panchayat to resolve the dispute. Things turned ugly when the supporters of both the camps clashed and attacked each other with sticks and rods.
Local villagers alerted the police after seven men were injured in the violent clash and were rushed to the district hospital. Dayashankar Mishra and his son Anand succumbed to injuries during treatment, said Pratapgarh police. The condition of the five injured persons is stable, the SP added. “We constituted four police teams to arrest the accused. Police have arrested two persons, including one Rajesh Mishra, for their involvement in the attack,” said Singh.