Panchayat head booked for murder
By: admin | Nov. 1, 2022, 5:58 p.m.
The chairman of Gosainganj Nagar panchayat and his aides were on Saturday booked on the directions of the court in connection with a case of murder in March this year.
As per the FIR, the accused, Nikhil Mishra aka Tonti Maharaj, and his aides had allegedly assaulted a youth, Vikas Kanaujia of Gosainganj, over a petty dispute on March 25. Vikas later succumbed to injuries. Vikas’s father Ram Kumar alleged that the incident took place after his son demanded money from Nikhil for washing his clothes.
“When Vikas asked for money, Nikhil hurled casteist abuses at him and thrashed him. We filed a police complaint but no action was taken,” Ram Kumar said.
When Nikhil came to know about the complaint, he summoned Vikas at Panchayat Bhawan around 9 pm on March 25.
