Varanasi: One person was killed while another suffered a bullet injury when Bakrabad’s village head Sanjay Bind (40) opened fire at them during a dispute over gambling in Mohav village under Kotwali police station in Ghazipur district late on Monday night.Police teams started raiding the possible hideouts of Bind, but he managed to reach Kotwali police station on Tuesday afternoon and surrendered before the cops.Ghazipur’s ASP (city) Rakesh Kumar Mishra said that around 10 persons were gambling near a pond at Pasipurwa in Mohav village on Monday night. Around 10.30 pm, Bind and his associates joined them. Witnesses informed cops that after an argument broke out, Bind pulled out a pistol and opened indiscriminate fire.The bullets hit Ajay Pasi (28) of Mohav and Surendra Ram (35) of Islamabad village while Bind managed to escape. Both the injured were rushed to Ghazipur Medical College, where, on noticing their condition as critical, doctors referred the duo to the trauma centre of BHU in Varanasi. Ajay died during treatment, while Surendra, a mason, was under treatment.On receiving information, Ghazipur SP Vinay Kumar Singh, Mishra and other officials reached the spot and also met the injured in hospital. Later, several teams were engaged to arrest him.However, fearing a police encounter, Bind, carrying a placard stating that he was surrendering, managed to reach Kotwali police station and surrendered before the police on Tuesday afternoon. He claimed before police that he had won Rs 1.5 lakh in gambling and others tried to snatch the money, leading to the firing. Police said Bind was involved in several cases, including one in which a police team was attacked during Holi celebration. He had two more previous criminal cases in his account. After the Holi incident, he was arrested and sent to jail. He was recently granted bail by the high court.
