Attempt to foil cattle rustling cost the life of a 20-year-old girl when she was shot and critically injured by escaping miscreants in Etah early Friday morning. The victim later succumbed at a local hospital. Senior officers rushed to the spot and got a case registered and efforts were underway to track down the assailants.
Some criminals struck at the house of Hundi lal at Asrauli in Kotwali Dehat area of Etah in the wee hours of Friday. The rustlers unshackled buffaloes and were loading thecatle ina waiting DCM truck when the family members woke up. They raised the alarm after which local villagers started converging at the scene and nab the criminals.
Sensing danger, the criminals opened fire in which Hundi lal’s daughter received suffered serious gunshot injuries. As the villagers paused to take care of the injured girl, the miscreants took advantage of the situation and escaped on the truck without the livestock. The seriously injured Yashoda was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors pronounced her dead upon arrival.
Meanwhile in Banda, a man was killed and the assailants orched his body to conceal the crime. The local villagers noticed the half-burnt head of the victim amid ashes and informed the police.
Akki Khan of Bagheta hamlet of Baberu went to his tubewell to water the fields on Thursday night. Early Friday morning, some villagers passing by the area were surprised when they found a semi-charred body there. On a close look, the identified the victim as Akki Khan and informed his family and the police. The victim’s brother Afsar Khan identified the body after which a case was registered against unknown persons. The family claimed that they had no enmity that could lead to murder.