Aligarh was rocked by a brace of double murders which included a sensational broad daylight shoot-out on Wednesday.
In the first incident, Kapil Sharma (24) of Mahagaura hamlet of Pisawa was having a dispute over farm land with his neighbour Rajesh aka Shalu Sharma. It took a bloody turn on Wednesday afternoon when both
parties came to a head and exchanged fire in which half a dozen persons were injured. They were rushed to the District Hospital where Kapil Sharma and his rival Jitendra (25), were pronounced dead upon arrival.
Top officers rushed to the scene and were supervising investigations.
No one was arrested till late Wednesday evening. In another incident, a senior lawyer and his wife were found dead in their house in the Civil lines area on Wednesdaymorning.
The bodies of Farooq Umar (80) and his wife Aziz Fatima (70) were found lying on the floor by their maid.
Preliminary probe sugggested that the couple was strangulated. The deceased did not have any children and lived alone in the bungalow.
Umar was an alumnus of Aligarh Muslim University and a respected figure in the society, especially in AMU circles.
Police said the entire house had been ransacked and the killers gained entry after breaking an iron grill in the bungalow's rear veranda. The murder motive is still not clear though cash and valuables were found missing indicating taht it could have been a case of loot and murder. A case was registered and investigations are on.