Ambarish Sharma, father of a sexually harassed girl was shot dead, allegedly by the main accused out on bail since 2018 and his associates, in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh, on Monday.
According to a report by the Hindu, Inspector General Aligarh Piyush Mordia said Ambarish’s body was found in a potato field by police.
BJP government was targeted by Samajwadi Party President, Akhilesh Yadavthe over the murder, BJP leaders alleged that main accused Gaurav Sharma was affiliated to the Samajwadi Party.
Pictures of the accused along with BJP MP from Aligarh (Satish Gautam) were posted by SP leaders in retaliation.
Meanwhile, police arrested one of the four named accused persons, Lalit Sharma.
One of the daughters of the deceased said that her father was shot by six – seven people. In Nauharpur village, in Sansi, the deceased was shot at around 4:00 p.m in broad daylight. Hathras Superintendent of Police, Vineet Jaiswal said Ambarish was shot by Gaurav and his friends and he died on the way to hospital.
In the police complaint, the daughter said the accused had threatened them to withdraw the sexual harassment case and fired at her father indiscriminately.
In June 2018, Ambarish lodged an FIR against Gaurav on charges of “chedkhani” (molestation or eve-teasing), said Mr. Jaiswal. The next month, Gaurav was sent to jail and he was released on bail after a month, the officer added.
Following the police complaint, there was continued bad blood between the two families, said police.
On Monday, when Gaurav’s wife and maternal aunt had gone to a temple in the village, they got into an altercation with both the daughters of Ambarish over the sexual harassment incident, said the SP. Gaurav and Ambarish soon reached the spot and there was a heated argument between the two, Mr. Jaiswal said.
Gaurav called some boys belonging to his family to the spot and fired at Ambarish, said the police. Victim’s family, registered an FIR against four named accused.
Ambarish’s daughter begged for justice, “Please give me justice,” she said with folded hands. “First he committed ‘chedkhani’ with me. My father filed a case. And he shot my papa out of annoyance.”
Full protection has been provided to the family of the deceased.