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Varanasi: A village development officer (VDO) Vijay Yadav (26) was killed while his brother Som Yadav suffered grave injuries when they were attacked by the owner and staff of a ‘dhaba’ in Tulsipur area under the limits of Kotwali police station in Ghazipur district.
SP Ghazipur OP Singh said, Vijay and Som were attacked with bottles of soft drinks and iron rods by the dhaba owner and the staff following a brawl between them on Wednesday late night. They sustained serious injuries in the clash and were rushed to Trauma Centre of BHU in Varanasi where Vijay succumbed to injuries during the course of treatment at wee hours on Thursday. Condition of Som is stated to be stable. On the complaint of Vijay’s family, a named FIR against dhaba owner, manager, other staff and six unidentified persons has been lodged. The dhaba owner, manager and two other workers have been taken under custody for interrogation.
Vijay, son of retired nayab tehsildar Mahendra Yadav and a native of Gora Bazar in Ghazipur, was posted as VDO in Dobhi block of Jaunpur district. It was his birthday on Wednesday and to celebrate the same, Vijay along with Som and three other friends had gone to a dhaba in Tulsipur area for dinner, said police. After dinner they had some argument with the dhaba manager and staff, which led to a clash between them.
SP Ghazipur said that when police reached the dhaba, a large number of broken bottles of soft drinks and rods were found lying there. Vijay had suffered grave head injuries in the clash while Som was also wounded, he said adding that on being informed about the incident, the inspector Kotwali Vimal Kumar Mishra reached the spot and rushed the injured persons to hospital.