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Census dispute leads to neighbour shooting man in Ghaziabad
A 55-year-old man, Virendra Tyagi, was shot by his neighbour Rampal Chaudhary in Ghaziabad's Muradnagar area on Saturday night over a dispute related to the ongoing census, police said. Tyagi was sitting…
The Story in Brief
A 55-year-old man, Virendra Tyagi, was shot by his neighbour Rampal Chaudhary in Ghaziabad's Muradnagar area on Saturday night over a dispute related to the ongoing census, police said. Tyagi was sitting in the verandah of his house in Adarsh Nagar Colony when Chaudhary allegedly opened fire, leaving him critically injured. Police have detained Chaudhary. Preliminary questioning suggests Chaudhary was upset because Tyagi had accompanied census officials to his house and helped them with information. The weapon used is being examined, and further investigation is underway.
The Indian Opinion
The Census is meant to count people, not to create grudges between neighbours. Yet here, a simple enumeration exercise has escalated into a shooting. Some narratives will blame a 'routine government drive' for provoking violence. But the real fault lies with petty local rivalries and a readily available firearm. The census workers were doing their job. The question that remains is why the accused felt a gun was the answer to an argument over paperwork. Did earlier neighbourhood disputes go unaddressed?
Source: millenniumpost.in
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