Seven persons were killed in different districts of Uttar Pradesh during the last 24 hours exposing police claim of having put the crime rate under control in the state. In Mathura, four persons were killed in a group clash on Saturday night. The miscreants killed their rivals to avenge the killing of two their supporters one year and eight months back.
Those killed were identified as Aziz (30), Michu (28) and his brother Mohan (25) and Mausam (15) all of Vishambhara village under Kosikalan police station. According to a report, two groups of Vishambhara village were at logger head for several years over a property related issue. The enmity between the warring groups intensified to such an extent that one of the gang, whose supporters were killed in yesterday incident, had attacked other on August 16, 2012 killing two supporters of their rival gang.
Since then the suffered group was hankering to avenge the killing. On Saturday night, the rival group consisting Panna, Shamshul, Raes, Haroon, Farooq, Fakru, Munshi Khan and other and counting eleven in number, attacked the victims at Mahraula village woods with hand guns. The gun totting stopped when four their rivals were peppered with bullets and remaining members escaped fearing being gunned down taking advantage of the darkness.
Huge police force reached the place on information and rushed the victims to hospital. On being examined they were declared brought dead.
Sources said the rivalry on supporting contestants in the on going election season added fuel to fire escalating the enmity further. “The rival group chalked out a plan and ambushed their rival on Saturday night,” the sources said. In Faizabad, unidentified miscreants killed a 75-year-old man sleeping in a room constructed at the outskirt of the village on Saturday night.
The victim identified as Ram Newaz Das of Keshavpur Anjna village under Purakalander police station area was all alone when he was attacked with some heavy and blunt object at his head. The incident came to light when villagers noticed that the victim did not come out of his room and thinking he would have fallen ill they informed his nephew Shiv Sharan Verma. When Shiv Sharan reached the room he was shocked to see his uncle lying in pool of blood and called the villagers for help. later the local police was called for help. The police registered a case of murder in this connection and sent the body for post-mortem. The police did not get any clue to ascertain the motive behind the murder. The villagers, however, apprehended a property related dispute as a motive behind the murder.
In Gautum Buddhanagar district, a 28-year-old man was shot dead when he was sleeping at his house in Bhatta village under Dankaur police station area on Saturday night. The victim identified as Suvendra Jatav lived with his family at the house. The incident came to light when the family heard the gunshot and rushed to the room in which Suvendra was sleeping only to find him in pool of blood. He had firearm injury at his forehead and the shot proved fatal as he died before he could be rushed to hospital for treatment. The police registered a case of murder in this connection and sent the body for post-mortem. Efforts to ascertain the motive behind the murder and identity of the miscreants are on. The police said Surendra would have been killed on some personal enmity. “The property dispute, however, as a motive behind murder can not be overruled,” the police said.
In Bahraich, a woman was killed for opposing the illicit relation of her husband with her sister-in-law. The victim identified as Dhoopkali Verma lived with her husband Ramu at lokhadian Ka Purwa village under Nawabganj police station area. Ramu’s brother Babulal along with his wife Nankana also lived at the same house. For a couple of months back, Dhoopkali was not on good terms with Ramu following his alleged promiscuity with Nankana. The villagers disclosed that the tussle hit a high when the victim caught Ramu and Nankana in a compromising state a few days back. On this issue she had a fierce verbal spat with Ramu and later with Babu lal and Nankana. On Saturday night, the issue took the centre stage of verbal spat between the victim and Ramu. later Babulal and Nankana also assembled the scene. With the victim did not keep low tone despite being warned, Ramu, his brother Babulal and Nankana attacked her with a spade killing her at the spot. The miscreants escaped the scene after executing the crime. The police reached the place on information and sent the body for post-mortem. A case was registered in this connection and efforts to arrest the miscreants are on. The police got the detail of the incident from some villagers who had gathered at the spot and also had tried to end the brawl unsuccessfully.