UP Assembly election: RLD candidate gets brother killed for votes, arrested

In a shocking incident in the Bulandshahr district of western UP, a candidate of the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) got his brother killed for getting 'sympathy votes.'

The incident took place in the rural outskirts near the Khurja town where the bodies of the RLD candidate Manoj Gautam's elder brother Vinod Gautam and a distant relative Sachin were found on a mango orchard on Tuesday morning. According to reports, both the deceased were present at the rally of RLD leader Jayant Chaudhary and both of them went missing after the rally ended on Monday.

Later on Tuesday morning, their bullet-ridden bodies were found.

"After scanning the call records, we zeroed in two suspects, who were found involved in shooting the youths. We nabbed them and were shocked to know the involvement of Manoj in the crime," SP(Rural) Jagdish Sharma said.

Manoj's licensed revolver was used in the killing, Sharma said.

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The cops nabbed Manoj Manoj. All the three have been arrested", SSP Bulandshahr Sonia Singh said. Last year, Manoj got a ticket from the Khurja seat from the BSP, but a few days ago, Mayawati changed the candidate and gave the ticket to Arjun Singh. Manoj left BSP and joined RLD for a ticket.Locals, said Manoj spent crores in the constituency and losing this election could have reduced him to ground. Police have arrested Manoj Gautam. FACEBOOK and later in the day, the police held a press conference and released the audio of the conversation between Manoj's driver Pravindra and an accomplice Firoz who were also involved in the murder.

"Pravindra and Firoz kidnapped both the relatives and killed them on Monday evening. Manoj's licensed gun was used to commit the crime and the call details of these three has revealed the conspiracy was hatched by Manoj. All the three have been arrested", SSP Bulandshahr Sonia Singh said.

Last year, Manoj got a ticket from the Khurja seat from the BSP, but a few days ago, Mayawati changed the candidate and gave the ticket to Arjun Singh.

Manoj left BSP and joined RLD for a ticket. According to locals, Manoj spent crores in the constituency and losing this election could have reduced him to ground.

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