CURATED BY – CHANDAN KUMAR CHAUBEY | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Gopalganj, The courage of criminals is increasing in Gopalganj. Fearless criminals have threatened to kill the elder brother of a late BJP leader. The miscreants had demanded extortion of 20 lakhs from the former Mukhiya. They have threatened to kill him if the extortion money is not paid.

In fact, the miscreants had demanded extortion of 20 lakhs from Umesh Shahi, the elder brother of late BJP leader Krishna Shahi. The miscreants called on the mobile number of Umesh Shahi's driver and asked him to deliver the extortion money near the hospital located in Nautan police station area of ​​​​Siwan, but when Mukhiya Umesh Shahi did not deliver the money, they called him and threatened to kill him.

The person demanding extortion has given his name as Janak Singh. The victim is the former Mukhiya of Chainpur Panchayat of Hathua and is currently the brother of the Mukhiya of Chainpur. He has lodged a written complaint in Hathua police station and is pleading for protection from the police. His family members are terrified about this incident.

It may be noted that the victim Umesh Shahi's father and his brother BJP leader Krishna Shahi have been murdered earlier. In the last panchayat elections, former Mukhiya Umesh Singh was also attacked in which he narrowly escaped death.