One allegedly shot dead by friends

VARANASI: One Rahul Pandey was allegedly shot at by his friends near Panchganga Ghat under Chowk police station on Wednesday.
According to reports, Rahul, a native of Madhya Pradesh, had been staying in the city for past few years to complete his Sanskrit studies. During his stay, he also started his carrier as a priest to earn livelihood.
Due to coming in contact with some drug addicts, he started consuming drugs for the past few months.After his Sonarpura-based uncle ousted him from his house, he started dwelling near Saraswati Phatak.
On Tuesday evening, some of his friends invited him to Schindia Ghat to consume liquor with them. They consumed liquor till late in the night. It is reported that around the wee hours, they quarreled after which some of his friends opened fire on Rahul. Sustaining bullet injuries, he fell in river Ganga while the assailants fled from the scene. On seeing himnear Panchganga Ghat after which the local residents and police rushed him to SPG hospital. Police suspected that Rahul was attacked in dispute of illicit relation. Suspected youths have been taken into custody for interrogation.
Body found: Body of an unidentified youth, 22-year-old, was found lying in a nullah behind the Chowkaghat power sub-station under Chetganj police station on Wednesday afternoon. Police were trying to ascertain his identity after sending the body for postmortem. Police said that the cause of death would also become clear after getting the postmortem report.
Mysterious death: One Puja, 28-year-old, died mysteriously at her New Colony residence under Robertsganj police station in Sonebhadra district on Tuesday night.
According to reports, Puja, a native of Mirzapur was married to Rinku Singh of New Colony in 2009 and they have a one and half-years-old son. On Tuesday night, Puja died in mysterious circumstances. In the wee hours, Rinku and his family left their home with Puja’s body for their paternal village in Pannuganj. After getting the information, Puja’s parents reported the matter to the police. Police raided Rinku’s residence in Pannuganj and sent the body for postmortem.