Pilibhit : A dispute between Ramleela committee president Suraj Gupta and member Kaushal Gupta over its financial accounts escalated into indiscriminate firing outside Kaushal’s house in UP’s Pilibhit district on Monday night, killing brothers Ankit Gupta , 30, and Mohit Gupta, 32, along with Kunal Srivastava, 15, a passerby. Another man, Roz Gupta, was injured.
Tensions had been simmering between Suraj Gupta, 35, a local trader, and Kaushal Gupta, 34, a shop owner, over the committee’s financial accounts, according to police.
The latter had been demanding the local trader to produce the records of the past four years, which had “accumulated to an annual savings of nearly Rs 10 lakh”. Main accused Kaushal Gupta has been detained along with his aide Santosh Gupta and six others. Santosh’s licensed rifle and an illegal country-made pistol have been seized. The SP also deployed police personnel to avert any retaliatory incidents.
Pilibhit SP Sukirti Madhav said on Tuesday: “Incident took place in Amaria area.