Independent candidate stages attack on self





Staff Reporter :

RAIPUR,

Firing on a 40-year-old independent candidate, which created sensation in outskirts of Raipur just ahead of civic body election, eventually turned out to be a conspiracy for garnering voters’ sympathy. An independent candidate identified as Sayed Ali Kamar alias Raza (40), contesting from Ward-11 of Kurra Nagar Panchayat, plotted a conspiracy of firing on self for gaining public support, said Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shaikh Arif Husen on Friday evening.Notably, late on last night, Sayed Ali Kamar lodged a complaint with Dharsinwa police station that two masked assailants shot at him near a coal depot at village Kurra. In his complaint, the candidate stated that two bike-borne attackers fired two bullets on his four-wheeler (CG 04 HD 4386) and he miraculously escaped unhurt.

On Raza’s complaint, police has registered an offence against unidentified assailants under Sections 307 and 34 of Indian Penal Code (IPC), which amounts to the charge of attempt to murder and acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention, and under relevant Sections of Arms Act. “Taking the incident, took place just ahead of elections, seriously, police launched an extensive investigation. After being informed about the crime, senior police personnel accompanied by ballistic experts rushed to the spot for undertaking Crime Scene Investigation (CSI).

In prima-facie investigation and closely examining the bullets direction, ballistic experts found the entire incident as suspicious following which Raza was subjected to interrogation. Initially, Raza attempted to mislead police investigators and on being subjected to intense grilling, the independent candidate admitted of hatching the entire conspiracy with the motive to garner voters’ sympathy,” said SSP Husen. SSP further informed that aggrieved over refusal of ticket to him from a prominent political party, the accused was contesting independently and plotted the entire conspiracy for winning voters’ support.