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Local BSP leader shot dead over old rivalry in Firozabad

Firozabad (UP), Apr 26 (UNI) A 50-year-old local Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader was stabbed and later to death allegedly over an old rivalry in the Tundla area of Firozabad district here in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, police sources said here.
Police sources said that former district panchayat member of BSP, Vinod Kumar alias Pappu Kushwaha, a resident of Mohammadabad village, was going somewhere on his motorcycle from home at around 10:00 am on Saturday. "Four people blocked his way and injured him with knives and shot him," they said.
Police sources said that after hearing the bullet shots, the people of the area ran towards the spot, by then the attackers had fled. "On receiving the information the Tundla police station along with the forces of many other police stations reached the spot. Senior Superintendent of Police and Additional SP also reached the spot," they said.
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