Bullet ridden bodies of a woman and her 15-year-old daughter were recovered from a field in Etawah on Sunday morning.
According to reports, the woman Rekha of Saraidaynat village in Civil lines police station area was living with Virendra after she got separated from her husband Kailash, also of same village. She had a daughter Varsha from her marriage with Kailash.
On Sunday morning, some villagers happened to pass near the field in the village and spotted the bodies of victims lying near one another. They immediately informed the villager head who later informed the police. A police team reached to the place for investigation of the case then.
The police also went to Virendra’s house but he was absconding. The police claimed that Virendra had a dispute with Rekha on money that they got out of selling the land in recent past.
On the basis of accounts of the villagers who apprehended that the mother daughter would have been done to death by Virendra, the police lodged a case of murder against Virendra and his hunt are on. The police sent the bodies for the post-mortem examination.
Shot dead
Unidentified miscreants shot dead an 18-year-old youth in Sambhal on Sunday morning.
The victim, Vikas Saini of ladam Sarai village under Hayatnagar police station area had gone for some work when he was attacked. The police said the miscreants were on a motorcycle and they fled the scene immediately after executing the crime.
Protesting the incident, kin of the victim blocked the Bahjoi Sambhal road putting the corpse on the road while demanding immediate arrest of the miscreants.
Senior police officials reached to the place to control the situation. The senior cops managed to pacify the agitators by convincing them of proper action against the miscreants and their arrest. The police are yet to find the motive behind the murder. The cops suspect that the victim would have been attacked due to some personal rivalry. Further investigation of the case is on.