Kanpur: A day before the voting in the municipal elections to be held in Uttar Pradesh today, a major incident took place in Kanpur’s Ghatampur late on Wednesday night. Here, Gajraj Yadav, husband of independent candidate for the post of municipality president, Sneh Lata, was shot dead by unknown miscreants. After the incident, the accused fled away from the spot waving their pistols. In a hurry, the candidate’s husband was taken to the hospital, where his condition remains critical.
According to the police, this incident took place on Wednesday night around 11 pm. On receiving the information, the police reached the spot and started investigating the matter. Police said that Sneh Lata is an independent candidate for the post of Ghatampur municipality president. On Wednesday night her husband was meeting people in his area. Meanwhile, two miscreants who came on the bike shot him. It is being told that the bullet has hit the hand of the candidate’s husband. Due to this incident there was chaos on the spot.
The people present on the spot immediately took him to the Primary Health Center, from where the doctors referred him to the CHC after first aid. According to eyewitnesses, the miscreants carried out the crime in such a manner that the candidate’s husband did not even get a chance to recover. After getting the information, the police reached the spot, the exercise has been intensified to identify and nab the miscreants. Four different police teams are raiding the possible hideouts of the miscreants to arrest them.