Varanasi: High drama was created in Sohraiya Vajid village under the limits of Jiyanpur police station of Azamgarh district on Thursday morning when family members of the village head started threatening power employees with a pistol to stop them from disconnecting power supply of their house against non-payment of dues.
After a video of the incident went viral on social media and the matter was reported to police by power employees, SP Azamgarh Sudhir Kumar Singh raided the village along with a heavy police force. One of the accused was caught with a pistol while others managed to escape. Singh said that raids at all possible hideouts of the accused family members of the village head will continue to nab them as nobody will be allowed to spread terror.