Umbha carnage accused dies

Varanasi: An accused of 2019 Umbha carnage, Hiralal (65), died at the district hospital in Sonbhadra district on Wednesday.
Hiralal was lodged in Gurma jail following his arrest in Umbha episode. Following deterioration in his health condition ,he was admitted to the hospital. He suffered lever and kidney ailments. For better treatment, Sonbhadra doctors had also consulted experts at BHU hospital in Varanasi.
However, he succumbed to ailments during the course of treatment, said jail superintendent M Lal.
As many as 10 persons of Gond tribe were killed and several others were injured at Umbha village in firing allegedly by the gram pradhan and his men when they opposed land grabbing on July 17, 2019.