A youth was lynched by car-borne miscreants in Ayodhya on Monday morning.
The accused tried to flee but some workers engaged in MGNREGA work chased and managed to nab two of the accused and handed them over to the police.
The cops arrested the accused but have so far failed to extract from them the murder motive.
As per reports, Suraj Dubey of Para Kal in Pura Kalandar police station area in Ayodhya was going to court with his sister on a motorcycle on Monday morning when a car hit his bike from behind following which Suraj fell into a roadside drain near Pipra Tal locality in Kalandar police station area of Ayodhya.
The car-borne miscreants stepped out of the vehicle and attacked Suraj with iron rods and battered him to death. The police later reached the spot and took the motorcycle rider to district hospital in an unconscious state where he was pronounced dead.
Later, senior officers rushed to the spot.
Meanwhile, the people of Bhadarsa area, who were chasing the miscreants fleeing in the vehicle, managed to intercept them near Vinayakpur village at Qazi Sarai of Bikapur Kotwali area. The miscreants jumped out of the car and tried to flee after abandoning the vehicle. Two of them, however, were nabbed by some MNREGA labourers.
A case was registered in this connection by the police.
Meanwhile in Jaunpur, a woman jumped into a well with her three children, killing her twins on Sunday evening.
People rescued the woman and a search was on for the third child. The bodies of the twins were taken out.
As per reports, Antama (32) of Aghua panchayat under Mirganj police station was married five years ago to Satish of Chak Mitha Damrua, who worked in Mumbai. Antima came from her in-laws' house only 15 days ago. She left her house at 6 pm on Sunday with daughter Trisha (4) and twins Atul and Anuj. She reached the well situated at some distance and pushed the daughter and jumped into the well with her twin sons.
Chhotelal Prajapati, who was cutting grass nearby, heard the sound of something falling in the well and raised an alarm after which locals rushed to the spot and brought out Antama. The bodies of the twins were also recovered but the daughter was still missing and was feared dead.
Antama’s brother Anil said that his sister's mental condition was not stable and she was undergoing treatment for the last two years at a Jaunpur hospital.
A case was registered and investigations were on by the police.