Varanasi: High drama was created in Sohraiya Vajid village under the limits of Jiyanpur police station of Azamgarh district on Thursday morning when family members of the village head started threatening power employees with a pistol to stop them from disconnecting power supply of their house against non-payment of dues.
After a video of the incident went viral on social media and the matter was reported to police by power employees, SP Azamgarh Sudhir Kumar Singh raided the village along with a heavy police force. One of the accused was caught with a pistol while others managed to escape. Singh said that raids at all possible hideouts of the accused family members of the village head will continue to nab them as nobody will be allowed to spread terror.
Junior engineer of electricity department Akash Tomar said that under the on-going drive against big debtors, who have not paid power dues for a long time despite issuance of reminders and other legal formalities, a team of power employees had reached the place of Sohraiya Vajid village head Angad’s house in morning to disconnect power supply of his house against non-payment of dues of over Rs 1.50 lakh.
As his team members started climbing up the electric pole for disconnecting the power supply, Angad’s brother and two sons came out with a pistol and tried to target them. Terrorised by it, the power employees tried to run away but the trio chased them for several meters. Some villagers made videos of the incident and made it viral on social media. In the meantime, Kumar also reported the matter to the police.
Taking a serious note of the incident, SP Azamgarh raided the village with a heavy police force, he said that Angad’s son has been arrested with the illegal arm used to terrorise power employees while other accused managed to escape. They would also be nabbed soon, he added.