Unidentified assailants struck terror in Etah when they entered in over half a dozen houses including that of a retired sub-inspector, brutally attacked the residents resulting into one death, before fleeing with the booty. Surprisingly, the dacoits freely roamed in the district all through Tuesday night but the local police only turned up on Wednesday morning to take up investigation.
Reports said that the dacoits barged into the house of retired sub-inspector Shanker Pal in Sirsa tappo hamlet on lateTuesday night. They attacked the occupants before decamping with jewellery and cash worth Rs 5,000. The miscreants later looted jewellery and cash from the house belonging to Sneh Kumari while they were asleep. The miscreants later slipped to adjoining Harisinghpur locality of Piluwa and entered into the house of one Rajeev. They brutally assaulted the family members and looted cash and other valuables before entering into neighbouring house owned by Veer Raj.
When Veer Raj and family members resisted the bid, the miscreants brutally assaulted the family members in which Veer Raj along with his wife Sarvesh, daughter Neetu were critically injured while his mother-in-law Mandevi, died on the spot. The dacoits looted ornaments and Rs 10,000 in cash before they once again slipped into another neighbouring locality identified as Nagla Pusa and Kakrawali, where they targeted the families in similar way, and robbed valuables. The dacoits freely struck all through the night and only in the morning they left the area. The local police which kept sleeping before the miscreants fled with the booty, later reached the spot and completed the formalities of registering a FIR in the matter.
In another incident also reported from Etah, gold jewellery worth five lakh, cash worth Rs 40,000 and two cheques of Rs 40,000 each was allegedly stolen from a women’s bag while she was attending her brother’s wedding in Gebarasdullpur village in Aliganj. Reports said that Vimlesh Devi was attending the marriage ceremony of her brother Ram Shankar when her bag containing the above item was stolen by someone. The victim lodged an FIR against three of her relatives at Aliganj police station on Tuesday evening.
Meanwhile, series of killings also struck the State during the last 24-hours. In Shamli, two persons were allegedly shot dead over personal enmity in separate incidents. In the first incident, a 45-year-old man was shot dead by his cousin while he was asleep in his house at Kiwana village in the district on Tuesday night. Reports said that the incident took place when the victim identified as Shahdeen was sleeping in his house.
Personal enmity is said to the motive behind the murder. Kandhla police has registered a case against an accused, identified as Rahisuddin, the victim’s cousin, who is still absconding. In the second incident, a 55-year-old farmer was shot at by some unidentified miscreants over previous enmity at lank village on Tuesday night. The victim, identified as Mahipal, was shot dead in the fields. He was rushed to hospital but doctors declared him dead. Police have registered a case against 10 people who are absconding.
In Hathras, a 35-year-old truck driver and cleaner were stabbed to death by unidentified persons inside their vehicle in Sadabad area here. Bodies of the driver Brij Singh and cleaner Narain Singh (22) were recovered with injury marks from their truck in Dhanauti area, on Wednesday morning. Both the victims seems to be brutally stabbed. A case has been registered and the bodies have been sent for postmortem.
In another case reported from Ballia, a man was shot dead allegedly by his wife and in-laws following a family dispute in Sukhpura area on Tuesday evening. Reports said that Krishna (35) was shot dead by his wife Ankita, father-in- law Vibhuti Singh, mother-in-law and relative Upendra Singh, when he went to in-laws house on Tuesday evening. A case has been lodged and body has been sent for post-mortem. Superintendent of Police in Balia, Anees Ansari said that the victim was a history-sheeter of Ballia Kotwali.
In a separate case reported from Pratapgarh, the body of a 25-year-old man, who was abducted from Soraon in Allahabad after a dispute during a marriage ceremony, was recovered from Manikpur area on Wednesday morning. The victim, Manish Singh alias Satya was allegedly abducted by six persons from Soraon area in Allahabad, following a dispute over choice of music played by the DJ during the function on last Sunday. The abducters killed Satya and dumped his body in Manikpur area. One of the accused has already been arrested in Soraon, while others are still absconding.
In Kansganj district, body of 12-year-old Gulshum, a resident of Nagla Shyambaksh area in Ganj Dundwara, was recovered from a pond near Junior High School in Sujanpura area. Gulshum, a class 10th student was missing since she left for her school on Tuesday morning. A case has been registered and further investigations are on. In Badaun, 45-year-old farmer identified as Jinne Khan, a resident of Chandura locality of Binawar, was shot dead by Tularam and four other unknown miscreants, on Sunday night. A case has been registered and efforts were on to nab the culprits. I
n Meerut, body of 25-year-old Saukendra, was found lying at Kankar Khera locality of Ganpati Vihar, at Meerut on Wednesdaymorning. A rope was found tied his neck which pointed that someone strangulated him to death and looted his tractor. Saukendra, a resident of Bhaurakala in Muzaffarnagar, had left from his sister’s house at Ganpati Vihar to reach back home on Tuesday evening. A case was registered and further investigations are on. In Gautambudhnagar, 35-year-old Rinku, a resident of Kulsera hamlet of Ecotech, was stabbed to death by his tenant Dheeraj Sharma, over some disputeon Wednesday morning. local police which reached the spot claimed that the killing was executed as the victim was reportedly having relation with his tenant’s wife.
In Deoria, body of an unknown 22-year-old girl was found lying near a nullah at Khetram Bazar under Kotwali police station on Wednesday morning. She seems to be murdered somewhere else and later her body was dumped at the spot. A case has been registered and efforts were made to identify the victims. In last case reported from Basti, bodies of 55-year-old Malti Devi, a resident of Jhujhara in Santkabirnagar, and her 17-year-old daughter Anita, was found lying near railway track at Jharkatiya locality of Purani Basti area on Wednesdaymorning. The cops suspected that someone killed both and later dumped their bodies. A case has been registered and further investigations are on.