<p>Two close relatives of former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh had a narrow escape when some miscreants thrashed them and allegedly tried to set them ablaze in UP’s Budaun district, about 300 kilometers from here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The incident occurred at Behta Koda village on Wednesday when Singh’s brothers-in-law went to mediate in a dispute, according to the police sources here.<br /><br />Dispute with villagers<br /><br />Sources said that the daughter of Shyamlal, Singh’s brother-in-law, had a dispute with some people of the village over a piece of land. <br /><br />The two relatives had mediated earlier also and had succeeded in convincing the two parties to settle the matter amicably. As the dispute re-surfaced, the duo went to mediate. <br /><br />They were sitting in the courtyard of a house when around nine people, including five women, reached there and pounced on them catching them unawares.<br />They had brought kerosene-filled cans with them and poured it over the two to set them ablaze. <br /><br />The duo somehow managed to wriggle out of their clutches and escaped on a motorbike. They informed the police about the attack.<br /><br />A case of attempt to murder has been registered against all nine of them. <br />No arrests have been made so far. Security personnel had been deployed in the village as a precautionary measure, sources said.<br /><br />A massive manhunt has been launched to nab the culprits. Reacting to the incident, Kalyan Singh said jungle raj prevails in UP. “No one is safe in the state,” he quipped.<br />Kalyan Singh had joined hands with the Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav in 2009 general elections. <br /><br />He later severed all ties with Yadav and merged his Jan Kranti Party with the BJP recently.<br /></p>
<p>Two close relatives of former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh had a narrow escape when some miscreants thrashed them and allegedly tried to set them ablaze in UP’s Budaun district, about 300 kilometers from here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The incident occurred at Behta Koda village on Wednesday when Singh’s brothers-in-law went to mediate in a dispute, according to the police sources here.<br /><br />Dispute with villagers<br /><br />Sources said that the daughter of Shyamlal, Singh’s brother-in-law, had a dispute with some people of the village over a piece of land. <br /><br />The two relatives had mediated earlier also and had succeeded in convincing the two parties to settle the matter amicably. As the dispute re-surfaced, the duo went to mediate. <br /><br />They were sitting in the courtyard of a house when around nine people, including five women, reached there and pounced on them catching them unawares.<br />They had brought kerosene-filled cans with them and poured it over the two to set them ablaze. <br /><br />The duo somehow managed to wriggle out of their clutches and escaped on a motorbike. They informed the police about the attack.<br /><br />A case of attempt to murder has been registered against all nine of them. <br />No arrests have been made so far. Security personnel had been deployed in the village as a precautionary measure, sources said.<br /><br />A massive manhunt has been launched to nab the culprits. Reacting to the incident, Kalyan Singh said jungle raj prevails in UP. “No one is safe in the state,” he quipped.<br />Kalyan Singh had joined hands with the Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav in 2009 general elections. <br /><br />He later severed all ties with Yadav and merged his Jan Kranti Party with the BJP recently.<br /></p>