Close on the heels of the sensational murders of three senior leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh, unknown assailants made an attempt on the life of the ruling party’s district president in Mainpuri early Tuesday morning.
Luckily, BJP’s Mainpuri district unit president Alok Gupta escaped unhurt after he took shelter behind his car to save himself.
According to Superintendent of Police in Mainpuri, Ajay Shanker Rai, who visited the spot, police are investigating the incident and a manhunt has been launched to nab the assailants.
The SP said the incident occurred at Awadh Nagar area under Kotwali Sadar police station when the BJP leader was sitting outside his house on Tuesday morning.
Suddenly, three motorcycle-borne men came and opened indiscriminate fire but Gupta took shelter behind his car, foiling the murder attempt.
After firing, the assailants escaped before the local residents could respond to the alarm raised by Gupta.
Additional police force has been deployed at the residence of the BJP leader while personnel security has been provided to him, the SP said. The Mainpuri incident comes just days after a BJP students’ leader, Kabir Tiwari, was shot dead in Basti and two senior leaders of the ruling party were gunned down in Saharanpur.
Interestingly, the modus operandi in all these attacks is almost similar. In all the incidents, three motorcycle-borne youths had opened discriminate fire.
Attempt on life of BJP leader in Mainpuri
Wednesday, 16 October 2019 | PNS
| Lucknow
Attempt on life of BJP leader in Mainpuri
Wednesday, 16 October 2019 | PNS | Lucknow