Gorakhpur: Police have registered a case against four named accused and arrested one person in connection with the firing incident on a RSS worker in Gagaha area late on Tuesday night.Acting on the complaint of the injured person, the police have booked the accused under serious charges and intensified search for the remaining suspects.The incident occurred around 8.30 pm when Radhamohan Singh, manager of Leelavati Singh Smarak Inter College and an RSS associate, was returning home on his motorcycle after attending a meeting at the residence of RSS worker Chandramaul Pandey in Rakhat village. Singh, a resident of Bhainsaha Buzurg, was intercepted near Hukha Baba temple on the embankment in Kaithwalia village.According to the FIR, two bike-borne assailants, Anuj Sahni alias Gulli and Abhishek Paswan, allegedly opened fire at him. As Singh tried to stop and save himself, two more men — Omnish Yadav and Rishikesh Yadav — who were allegedly lying in wait, also started firing. A bullet hit Singh in the back, leaving him seriously injured.Bleeding profusely, Singh managed to escape and reached the house of Santosh Yadav in Kaithwalia village, raising an alarm. On seeing villagers the attackers fled from the spot.The police said Rishikesh Yadav has been arrested from his house, while raids are on to nab the other accused. Suspecting a larger conspiracy, the police have also taken into custody a former SP district panchayat member from Bhainsaha Buzurg for questioning.SP, south, Dinesh Puri said security has been tightened in the area and strict action will be taken against all those involved.
