A former village pradhan sitting inside a car succumbed to bullet injuries which he sustained under mysterious circumstances in the Kotwali area of Ghazipur district.

The incident raised several questions as he was not carrying any weapon with him and no one heard any gunshot. Police sent the body for autopsy, suspecting that he might have been hit by a stray bullet.

According to reports, Manoj Singh, former pradhan of Basuchak village in the Kotwali area of Ghazipur, was going to attend a wedding with his family on Monday evening. He stopped at RKBK petrol pump in Banshi Bazar and all of a sudden, the family members saw Manoj slump on the seat with blood stains all over his clothes. They raised an alarm and the victim was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors pronounced him dead upon arrival.

SP (City) Gopinath Soni said the victim suffered bullet injuries under mysterious circumstances near RKBK petrol pump. “Action will be taken after investigation on the basis of complaints by his family members,” he said.

According to the police, Manoj Singh was taken to the Gorabazar district hospital where doctors pronounced him dead. 

Meanwhile, a businessman was found dead with his head smashed with a brick in a field near Maharajganj, police said on Tuesday. The police said that the man was killed after a booze session as they also recovered a liquor bottle and glasses from the scene. The deceased was identified as Akhilanand Pandey (55), who was a resident of Dhaneva.

A transaction of Rs 50,000 was also made, of which Rs 35,000 was kept at his home while the remaining was with him. Officials found out the call detail records of the deceased and also called the last caller. 

The police suspected that someone who knew the victim committed the crime since liquor was also found at the scene. According to Maharajganj SP Kaustubh, the 55-year-old man was battered to death.