A 25-YEAR-OLD man who had come from Delhi to cast his vote in his village in Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri district was shot dead by another villager on Sunday afternoon, allegedly following an altercation over voting. The accused, identified as Vikram Singh, and his father are both absconding. I was told by villagers that Vikram shot him after the two had an argument over voting. We support Mayawati; Vikram wanted Alok to vote for phool,” the victim’s father, Ram Prakesh Jatav, 78, said. “He had sold off some land when he ran out of money…he never supported the family.”Nagla Taal is a Dalit-majority village.

Source: Indian Express February 20, 2017 21:11 UTC