In a sensational killing in Hamirpur district, a man had to pay the price of lodging a report against the accused for teasing and harassing his daughter. The accused, held in the case, was recently released from jail and to avenge his imprisonment, he along with his accomplices first shot at the father and later brutally thrashed him to death.
The incident took place in broad daylight on Tuesday and the family members of the victim charged the police with helping the accused to come out on bail without any opposition. As the villagers were agitated over the killing, senior police officers visited the spot and deployed a heavy police force there to avert any untoward incident.
The cops also conducted a series of raids and claimed to have arrested three accused, including the main accused. Search for one of the remaining accused was on.
According to reports, Manish Tiwari (40), a resident of Tola Rawat village under Majhgawan police station of Rath town of Hamirpur, was coming home from the farm on a motorcycle on Tuesday when the assailants intercepted him near the Kulhanda canal.
Before Manish could suspect any foul play, one of the youths opened fire on him and when he collapsed on the road, the youth attacked him with sticks.
Manish tried to run away but the attackers chased him and thrashed him brutally with sticks and rods.
As the villagers and some relatives rushed to the spot to save Manish the attackers escaped. Manish was rushed to the hospital where the doctors pronounced him dead.
Manish's son said that last year his sister was molested by a youth of Itaura village. The police had registered a case in this matter and sent a local youth to jail only after he continued to harass his sister.
However, as the police did not book the accused with serious charges, he immediately came out of jail on bail and brutally murdered Manish with the help of his other goons.
In Bareilly, Nagma, daughter of Zafarul Islam, a resident of Shahi police station area, consumed some poisonous substance to end her life on Tuesday evening. She was taken to a private hospital by the family members but the doctors pronounced her dead. Police took the body in possession and sent it for autopsy. The reason for the extreme step was yet not known.