Dispute Over Scooter Parking: BJP leader's brother strangled to death in Gorakhpur
Gorakhpur (UP), Nov 24: Three people have been arrested after a BJP leader's brother was allegedly strangled after an altercation over the parking of a vehicle in Gorakhpur town of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, police said.
Satyendra Singh had gone to meet his brother, Upendra Nath Singh, state secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kisan Morcha, at Sri Ram Puram colony in Mohaddipur. He tried to park his scooter near the house when a neighbour, Shashank Jaiswal (22), objected to it as he wanted to park his car at the same spot, said Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shalabh Mathur.
An altercation between the two followed, with Jaiswal's father, brother and mother joining in, following which Satyendra was strangled, the SSP said.
Three people have been arrested and one taken into custody, the officer said, adding that an FIR had been lodged and the body sent for post-mortem.
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Kerala Assembly polls: Trends after 9 am show UDF continues to lead
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): As counting of EVM votes polled in the April 9 Kerala Assembly elections commenced, trends after 9 am show the Congress-led UDF leading in the state.
The UDF was ahead in close to 90 seats, while the CPI(M)-led LDF was leading in over 40 seats with the BJP-headed NDA in the front in around 5 assembly constituencies as EVM votes began to be counted, according to news reports.
As per Election Commission figures, Congress is ahead in 10 seats, CPI(M) in 5, CPI in 2, Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) 2 and IUML, RJD and Kerala Congress (KEC) with one each, among others.
The trends appear to support the UDF claim that it would get a huge majority. PTI
If the situation continues, the UDF stand to claim power in the state.
