The family feud among Amethi royals was fought on the streets on Sunday, with locals clashing with the police, leaving one constable dead and six injured.
Constable Vijay Mishra (45), who was posted at Amethi police station, died after sustaining a bullet injury in the firing by alleged supporters of Anant Vikram Singh, son of Congress’ Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh, police sources said.
According to the police, the clash took place when Anant Vikram’s supporters gathered outside ‘Bhoopati Bhawan’, Mr Singh’s ancestral house, after hearing that the Congress MP and his wife Amita were to arrive in Amethi. As the crowd turned violent and started pelting stones, police had to resort to lathicharge and fire rubber bullets and teargas shells.
Anant Vikram occupies the residence with his mother and Sanjay Singh’s first wife, Garima.
As news of the violence broke, District Magistrate Jagatraj Tiwari and senior district police officials rushed to the spot and are monitoring the situation. “Police had to resort to mild lathicharge to disperse the crowd, but did not resort to firing. Someone from the crowd used a country-made gun to fire at the constable. Mr. Mishra was shot (during the clash between the police and the violent crowd)...He was taken to a hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries,” said Mr. Tiwari.
