Unidentified miscreants shot dead a youth while injured two of his family members during dacoity in Sitapur district on Saturday night.
According to reports, the armed miscreants stormed the house of Manna lal and Ram Pal of Mahimapur village under Biswa police station area in the mid night. The family members woke up hearing the commotion and they challenged the miscreants. To counter them, the miscreants opened fore injuring Sooraj alias Chotu (22), Manna lal (43) and Sanjay (18) suffered firearm injuries.
The miscreants left the scene after attacking the victims. The villagers came for their rescue and the injured were rushed to hospital where Sooraj died during treatment. Huge police force reached the place on the information of the dacoity incident and later the police teams combed the entire village to track down the miscreants but in vain. The police registered a case in this connection and further investigations are on.Killed
A man killed his younger brother on a family related dispute in Rampur district on Saturday night. The victim identified as Manish of Badpura Sonali village under Azimnagar police station area had differences with his elder brother Anuj.
Both fought on some issue on Saturday night when they were near a pond outside their house and in a fit of rage Anuj caught Manish by his throat and strangled him to death. He fled the scene after committing the crime. The police registered a case in this connection and efforts to nab the miscreants are on.