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A 14-year-old schoolboy became the sixth person to be killed in post-panchayat-poll violence in Uttar Pradesh when the husband and brothers-in-law of a victorious candidate allegedly barged into his home and shot him on Friday night.
Victim Deepak Kumar, a Class VI student, was the nephew of the losing candidate, Meenu Pal, at the Samaspur Atiya Kabulpur gram panchayat in Unnao district.
Among the accused are Randheer Singh, husband of the newly elected gram panchayat chief Anuradha Singh, his brothers Anup and Manoj, and supporter Abhishek Singh.
Eyewitnesses said they had walked into Meenu’s home carrying rifles and batons.