JHANSI: District assistant coordinator of Aam Aadmi Party was brutally murdered along with one of his associate on the Jhansi-Sagar highway near Lalitpur on Saturday evening. They were riding on a bike when a car hit them. It is alleged that the car was being driven by the son of former Congress MP and an influential businessman of that area.

As per the details of the FIR, Brijlal Rajpoot, a retired Lekhpal and district coordinator of AAP was returning to their village from a temple in Amjhra Ghati on a motorbike along with Ramdas. His son Indrapal was riding alongside on another motorbike with his friend. As they took the main highway, a SUV, waylaid them and hit their bike. Not sure if the people were dead, the SUV returned to hit them again.

As per Rajpoot's son, he chased the SUV and found that it was being driven by Shashi Raja Bundela, son of Sujan Singh Bundela along with five more people in it including the present Lekhpal of that area. As per Inderpal, they fled the scene after threatening him. He also alleged that his father was attacked on previous accounts also because he did not work according to them and had many times refused to allot them land through unfair means in their native village Dongarkalan. Brijlal had even lodged written complaints to his higher authorities against the accused alleging threat to his life but it was never taken seriously.

The police has lodged an FIR against Sujan Singh Bundela, former MP, his son Shashi Raja Bundela, Buddh Prakash, Lekhpal of village Dongarkalan and three other persons under sections 147, 302, 506, 120B and have started with the investigations. Brijlal has been cremated in his native village under heavy police protection to avert any untoward incident.

When asked district coordinator of AAP, Manoj Naik alleged that four years ago they had also planned to attack him but due to confusion some other person got killed. On the other hand, Sujan Singh Bundela said that the incident was merely an accident and that they are being framed.

