PTI     

AURAIYA (UP), Dec 25: An executive engineer of Public Works Department (PWD) was allegedly lynched by some unidentified persons, believed to be supporters of the local BSP MLA here, about 100 kms from Kanpur.

According to a report lodged with the police by Shashi Gupta, wife of deceased M K Gupta, two unidentified men entered their house in Gail Vihar in Dibiyapur forcibly on Tuesday night and started beating her husband badly.

Wife of the lynched engineer mourns her husband's death

They locked Shashi in a bathroom and continued beating the engineer, injuring him seriously, the report said.

Later, local BSP MLA Shekhar Tiwari allegedly reached the spot and left the seriously injured engineer at a nearby police station, from where he was rushed to the hospital, the wife said, adding that he was declared dead at the hospital.

ADGP (Law and Order) Brij Lal said in Lucknow that police were looking for Tiwari who is absconding. The role of Tiwari is under the scanner, according to police.

Angry mob damaging the posters of the BSP government in Auraiya following the alleged lynching of Public Works Department engineer MK Gupta

Tiwari is believed to have demanded a huge amount of money in connection with the birthday celebration of party leader Mayawati from the engineer, who is understood to have turned down the demand.

According to Shashi, the two unidentified men were addressing each others as Tyagi and Bhatia, police said.

"We have registered an FIR in this connection and probing the entire matter", additional superintendent of police, Sureshwar Mishra said.