Ghazipur: A woman village-head was on Tuesday arrested in connection with the murder of a sub- inspector, who was killed in Jamaniya area in January, during a clash between police and villagers, official sources said.
Kalawati Devi, 60, village head of Kakrait village, was arrested on Tuesday afternoon in connection with the murder of T Ramarao, who was killed in firing by villagers in Jamaniya area on January 5, they said.
Devi was arrested from Sarju Pandey Park where she was staging a dharna demanding action against policemen involved in the incident, police said.
Ramarao was killed and several others injured when workers of a political party clashed with police at Jamaniya police outpost in Ghazipur district.
In-charge of railway station outpost T Ramarao was killed and several other police personnel were injured when a mob of more than 200 people went on rampage, indulged in heavy brick batting and fired in Jamaniya area, Special DGP (Law & Order) Brij Lal had then told reporters.
SP Manoj Kumar while confirming the arrest said that the village head had admitted that she was present on the spot when trouble broke out on January 5.
Kalawati Devi, 60, village head of Kakrait village, was arrested on Tuesday afternoon in connection with the murder of T Ramarao, who was killed in firing by villagers in Jamaniya area on January 5, they said.
Devi was arrested from Sarju Pandey Park where she was staging a dharna demanding action against policemen involved in the incident, police said.
In-charge of railway station outpost T Ramarao was killed and several other police personnel were injured when a mob of more than 200 people went on rampage, indulged in heavy brick batting and fired in Jamaniya area, Special DGP (Law & Order) Brij Lal had then told reporters.
Advertisement
Advertisement
COMMENTS
Advertisement
Man Killed For Objecting To Noise During Neighbours Fight In Delhi: Cops Triple Murder Shocks UP, Drunk Man Slits Parents, Brother's Throats Woman Forced To Have Sex With Mother-In-Law, Husband's Friends For Money Windows Computers Lead To 'Blue Screen Of Death' Due To CrowdStrike Error In 1st Statement After Outage, CrowdStrike CEO Says... Massive Worldwide Microsoft Outage: Flights, Markets, Stock Exchange Down Woman Says Jindal Group Executive Groped Her On Flight, Naveen Jindal Reacts How World Scrambled To Deal With One Of The Biggest IT Crashes: 10 Points Fighting And Kisses: 5 Big Takeaways From Trump's Speech Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.