In a sensational killing in Etawah, two sisters were gunned down inside their home in connection with a property dispute early Thursday morning.
Senior police officers rushed to the spot upon learning about the incident and launched a hunt to nab the suspects.
The bodies were sent for autopsy and a case was registered. As per reports, Lakshmi (18) and her elder sister Sunita (35) of Panchawali hamlet of Friends Colony in Etawah were sleeping in separate rooms in their home on Wednesday night.
Around 3 am on Thursday, their mother heard gun shots and rushed out of her room and first went Lakshmi’s room on the ground floor and found her lying in a pool of blood. Later, she heard gun shots being fired on the first floor where her elder daughter Sunita was asleep. When she rushed upstairs, she found Sunita lying in a pool of blood.
Both sisters were shot dead by unknown person who escaped after killing them.
The victims’ brother Sanjay alleged that they had a property related dispute with their uncle’s family. He suspected that his cousin living in the same locality might have executed the killing.
SSP of Etawah, Ashok Kumar Tripathi, after visiting the spot said that the police had picked up two suspects from the neighbourhood and were grilling them to extract the truth.
Efforts were also being made to round up the victim’s cousins, who were absconding. Investigations are on.