Unidentified miscreants struck terror in Mau when they brutally hacked an elderly couple in Baiswara area while in Sarai lakhnasi area, a 20-year old girl was found dead with her throat slit on Thursday morning. The bodies oft he victims were for autopsy and efforts were underway to ascertain the motive.
As per reports, Mohamed Akeel Ahmed (75) lived wife Shaqila Khatoon (65) in Baiswara area of Mau after retiring from Railway department. late on Wednesday night, unidentified broke into their house and slit their throats in their sleep. Household items were found scattered pointing towards robbery being the possible motive behind the incident. When the couple did not come out of their house till late Thursday morning, their neighbours informed the police. Subsequently, a case was registered and investigations were underway.
Meanwhile in Sarai lakhnasi area of Mau, Sajida of Bunkar Colony disappeared under mysterious circumstances on Wednesday evening. Her family members later intimated the local police. On Thursday morning, Sajida’s mutilated body was found lying near the Old Muslim graveyard. Circumstantial evidences suggested that she was sexually abused and later done to death. The body was sent for autopsy and the police were trying to track down the killers.
Meanwhile, death of two children led to violence in Mirzapur leaving half a dozen cops injured. As per reports, a speeding land Cruiser SUV crushed two children at Baraipur area of Adlahat on Thursday morning, as a result of which both the victims died in a space of half an hour. Angry villagers later gathered at the spot and blocked the Allahabad-Varanasi highway. When the cops tried to use force to scatter them, they retaliated by hurling missiles at the police party and also set a police jeep ablaze. The violence left over half a dozen policemen injured.
Only after senior officers rushed to the scene with heavy police force that the mob could be dispersed and the blockade could be lifted. A case was registered in connection with the accident and efforts were underway to arrest the driver of the SUV, who absconded with the vehicle.