Former youth Congress president stabbed to death

UJJAIN: Former Mahidpur block youth Congress president Vishal Chorasia was stabbed to death by four assailants on late Friday night. The attackers were running a satta den and the deceased had reportedly complained against it. According to police sources, Chorasia was sitting at his shop when one Shiv Upadhyay along with three accomplices allegedly attacked with swords.He was being brought to Ujjain, but died on the way.
Local Congress workers gheroed Mahidpur police station on Saturday and forced closure of shops. They were demanding suspension of cops for not acting against the culprits, despite complaints by Chorasia. The accused were running satta operation from a shop behind the shop of Chorasia on MG Road. Chorasia had been receiving threats from the accused for the last 2-3 days and on the fateful day, he had tried to meet ASP, Pankaj Shrivastava, during latter's visit there, but could not do so.
Superintendent of police, Rakesh Gupta, told TOI that Upadhyay and Chorasia had an animosity and a similar attack was made by Upadhyay a year ago. Upadhyay had been indulged in satta operation and was externed from the district earlier. The SP said one accused Vinayak Chouhan has been arrested and efforts are on to nab others.