AURANGABAD: JD(U) leader Baijnath Chandravanshi was allegedly killed on NH-2 near Munshi Bigha village under the Mufassil police station area in Aurangabad district at 5.30am on Thursday.
Sources claimed that he was first brutally assaulted by some people and then crushed to death by an unidentified vehicle. Later an FIR was lodged against eight people on the basis of a written statement of the deceased’s kin.
Following the murder, angry villagers blocked NH-2 for hours, causing traffic congestion. They also manhandled the SHO of the Mufassil police station and other cops when they reached the spot and tried to remove the villagers from the highway. The blockade was lifted only after police assured them of stringent action and speedy trial of the accused.
Aurangabad SP Sudhir Kumar Porika said Chandravanshi’s relatives had accused eight co-villagers of killing him. “We have registered a murder case and are conducting raids to arrest the accused, who are absconding,” he added.
Chandravanshi was a member of the backward cell of the JD(U). The party’s district president, Dharmendra Kumar, condemned the incident and said it was “unfortunate”.