‘I’m being framed,’ alleges main accused in Ballia shooting case

The Ballia capturing case noticed new developments on Saturday with the principle accused Dheerendra Pratap Singh claiming in a video message that he has been framed. This comes whereas Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Surendra Singh on Saturday visited Revati police station and demanded an FIR on an utility moved by Dheerendra’s girls kinfolk who, he alleged, sustained accidents in stone-pelting in the course of the Thursday incident.

The girls suffered accidents in stone-pelting in Durjanpur village after a dispute over allocation of two honest value retailers within the village on Thursday led to a person, recognized as Jaiprakash Pal, being shot useless within the presence of officers.

A senior police officer stated the National Security Act (NSA) and the Gangsters Act could be invoked in opposition to the accused. Claiming to be an ex-serviceman, Dheerendra stated he didn’t know whose bullet killed Jaiprakash Pal. He blamed officers for the incident, saying that that they had ignored his plea for safety.

46-year-old Jaiprakash Pal alias Gama was killed when Dheerendra Pratap Singh, BJP’s district unit president of ex-servicemen cell, opened hearth at a gathering convened for the allocation of two honest value retailers in Ballia district on Thursday.

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Dheerendra stated the police weren’t registering a case although his kinfolk additionally suffered accidents within the incident.

BJP MLA Surendra Singh, who represents Bairia meeting constituency, too accused the administration of taking one-sided motion. He stated the three girls who suffered accidents in stone-pelting also needs to get justice.

Ballia superintendent of police Devendra Nath additionally reached the police station when the MLA was there. He, together with the ladies, later reached Ballia district hospital the place the medical examination of the injured girls was carried out. He was seen wiping his tears as the ladies within the group accompanying him wailed.

“It is natural to get emotional on seeing the pain of others,” the BJP MLA stated.

Deputy inspector basic (Azamgarh Range) Subhash Chandra Dubey stated, “action will also be initiated under the National Security Act (NSA) and the Gangster Act against the accused (in the shooting).”

Meanwhile, separate delegations of the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party met with the members of the family of Jaiprakash Pal.