RLD leader’s convoy attacked
The Hindu
One killed, five injured as gunmen shoot at Haji Yunus in Bulandshahr
One person was killed and five others were injured when the convoy of a Rashtriya Lok Dal leader was attacked by unidentified gunmen in Bulandshahr district of western Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, the police said. While the party sources said the attack had a political motive, the police claim it was because of a family feud.
Haji Yunus, a senior Bahujan Samaj Party leader who finished second in the bypoll from the Buladandshahr Sadar seat in 2020, had joined the RLD on Saturday.
On Sunday, he was returning from village Bhaipura near Shikarpur bypass in Bulandshahr when his convoy was attacked by four or five unidentified assailants who came in a hatchback car. Police sources said at least 50 rounds were fired. Mr Yunus escaped unhurt but five members of his escort team got bullet wounds. Two of them got seriously injured and were referred to Delhi. One of them, Mohd. Khalid, died during treatment.