Truck driver shot at in Maharashtra's Jalna; cops suspect kin's role

A 30yearold truck driver was injured after three persons allegedly opened fire at him in Maharashtras Jalna district police said on Wednesday reported news agency PTISome relatives of the driver are suspected to be involved in the firing which took place at around 10 pm on Tuesday following a financial dispute they saidThe driver Mohammed Rizwan a resident of Mumbai had stopped his scrapladen truck at a roadside eatery near Nagewadi toll plaza when a car arrived there a police official said reported PTIThree persons came out of the car allegedly fired three rounds at the driver and then quickly fled in their vehicle he saidThe driver received injuries to his hand and upper bodyHe was immediately rushed to the district hospital for treatment and his condition was reported to be stable the official said reported PTISub Divisional Officer of Police Anant Kulkarni said the attackers were suspected to be relatives of the victim and the shooting was the result of a financial dispute reported PTIA probe was on into the incident the police addedSarpanch killed 2 held villagers block roadsA village head was abducted and murdered by some persons after which angry villagers blocked roads in Beed district of Maharashtra police said on Tuesday reported PTIMaratha quota activist Manoj Jarange joined the protesters at Massajog village in Beed and demanded stringent action against the culpritsJarange warned that Maratha community members the slain sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh was a Maratha will take the law into their hands if the killers were let off reported PTITwo persons have been arrested for allegedly killing Deshmukh who was in his mid30s police saidProtesters in Kej torched a state transport bus while staging a rasta rook and clashed with police an official saidDeshmukh was abducted from a toll plaza located near Dongaon Phata village around 3 pm on Monday While he was crossing the toll plaza in a car along with his cousin Shivraj Deshmukh in the drivers seat a black fourwheeler with six persons arrived there police said reported PTIOne of the six persons then vandalised the drivers side glass window of the sarpanchs car while another person pulled Deshmukh out and took him to the black car while beating him up with a stick police said reported PTIAnother car suspected to be carrying some associates of the kidnappers then followed the black vehicle as per policeShivraj Deshmukh later filed a police complaint alleging the sarpanch was abducted over a previous enmity with some persons He also identified the person to whom the black car belonged reported PTIThe police subsequently registered a case against the alleged car owner and five other persons under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections for intentionally causing harm voluntarily obstructing the way and abduction with the intent to murder as per the FIRThe body of the sarpanch was found in Daithana area of Kej tehsil police saidWith inputs from PTI