Jalaun: BJP chief and former district president of Vishwa Hindu Parishad Bhaskar Awasthi was shot by masked miscreants in the primary market of Orai district final night. The bullet hit his shoulder, because of which he fell down bleeding profusely. Native folks admitted him to the medical faculty.

In response to the knowledge, VHP chief Bhaskar Awasthi was going residence together with his spouse on a scooter after shopping for items from the market late within the night. Then when he reached close to the home, two bike-borne miscreants attacked him with a gun. He fell there together with the scooter. Bhaskar Awasthi’s spouse has given a grievance, wherein she has accused two folks of attacking him in Orai because of a dispute over cash transaction.

Bhaskar Awasthi, a resident of Bambi Street in Mohalla Rajendra Nagar of town, owns Awasthi Group of Institutes within the district. He was going to the market on a scooter together with his spouse Sadhna Awasthi late on Friday night round 9 o’clock. A boy using a motorbike got here in entrance of them a number of steps away from the home and took out a pistol and shot Bhaskar Awasthi, which hit his shoulder, whereas his spouse narrowly escaped.

The taking pictures of a well-known particular person of the district in a densely populated space created a stir in the whole metropolis. After the incident, the boy who shot fled on a motorbike. Then again, the folks of the locality took the injured Bhaskar Awasthi to the district hospital, from the place he was despatched to Orai Medical School. At current, his situation is alleged to be out of hazard.

Concerning the incident, the injured Bhaskar Awasthi stated that he was shot because of enmity. SP Dr. Iraj Raja and CO Metropolis Girja Shankar Tripathi have collected details about the incident from the injured. A number of groups of SOG and police have been deployed to catch the attackers, for which blockade and investigation has been began.