Two farmers murdered in Ghaziabad

GHAZIABAD - Two farmers were killed in separate incidents in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district Sunday in suspected fueds related to compensation received by them for land acquired by the government, police said.

In one case, 42-year-old Yashveer Chaudhary was shot dead Sunday morning by his brother and nephew over the sharing of land compensation in the Sadarpur area under Kavi Nagar police station area of Ghaziabad, police said.

He was killed by his brother Dharam Pal and his son Sonu when he was going to his fields, police said.

“My uncle Yashveer was going to the fields with his son Ravindra. At about 7.45 a.m., two people came on a bike and shot him. They were also accompanied by Dharam Pal,” a family relative Kuldeep Chaudhary alleged.

“The two assailants were masked but my cousin Ravindra and another person from the village managed to recognize them. The two fled immediately after firing on him and Dharam Pal also disappeared from the scene,” he said.

The victim was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The family had been granted compensation of about Rs.2.15 crore for their agricultural land about a year-and-a-half back and it was divided into four parts. Apart from him the other three shares went to his brothers Dharam Pal and Rishi and their father Asharam alias Aase.

A case has been registered against Dharam Pal and his son Sonu, police said.

Superintendent of Police (City) Avdesh Kumar Vijeta said: “Prima facie, it was a dispute over the share of compensation between brothers. We are still investigating the case. No arrest has been made so far.”

In the other case, a man was found with this throat slit in the Vijay Nagar area of Ghaziabad Sunday morning.

Prakash Kumar, 60, was found murdered at his newly-constructed house in Bihari Pura locality of Vijay Nagar, police said.

Prakash, originally a resident of Bisrakh locality in Greater Noida, was awarded compensation of Rs.60 lakh for his agricultural land around six months back.

His body was detected by his tenant at his newly-constructed house Sunday, police said.

“We are investigating if there was a feud over compensation given to Prakash,” Vijeta said.

A case of murder was registered against unidentified persons at Vijay Nagar police station on the complaint.