In a shocking incident, a minor girl's nose was chopped off by miscreants who barged into her house and tried to pull her away with them.
The incident took place in Kanpur Dehat on Thursday night and the girl was attacked with a sharp weapon when she tried to raise an alarm.The miscreants had been stalking the girl for several days.
The girl, profusely bleeding, was first taken to the district hospital and was then referred to the Hallet hospital in Kanpur Nagar for treatment. According to doctors, her condition was critical due to excessive loss of blood. The girl's father told reporters that when he informed the police about the incident, they advised him to get her treated first. He said that he feared for his daughter's life since the accused were roaming free.
In another incident of attack on fairer sex, a woman was thrashed and dragged for 50 metres by an auto-rickshaw driver after she refused to board his three-wheeler.
The incident took place in Nauchandi police station area of Meerut on Thursday evening. The auto-rickshaw driver was said to be drunk and misbehaved with the woman who was returning home after shopping.
When the victim grabbed the accused for his misbehaviour, he accelerated his auto-rickshaw and dragged the woman for at least 50 metres. The woman was injured in the incident. Police later arrested the auto-rickshaw driver.
The incident took place near Kanch Ka Pul (Glass Bridge) when the woman along with her two kids was at Hapur bus stand for shopping.
After shopping, she went near the auto-rickshaw and the driver started pressuring her to board his three-wheeler. Meanwhile in Mathura, police have arrested a woman and her lover for allegedly killing her aunt and brother as she was unable to repay a loan of Rs 4 lakh taken from them, officials said on Friday.
The bodies of 40-year-old Mala and her 18-year-old son, Vinay, were found floating in the Gangnahar canal around three months ago. The two were drowned by accused Neha and Yogesh and their two accomplices who were absconding, police said.
Superintendent of Police (City) Martand Prakash Singh said, "We have arrested one Neha and her lover Yogesh in connection with the murder of her maternal aunt Mala and her son Vinay." Mala, who was a widow, lived with her mother and son. Neha had taken the loan almost a year ago. "Neha and Yogesh were not in a position to return the loan. So, they conspired to kill Mala and her son," the officer explained.
On March 25, the accused took the duo to a hotel on the pretext of returning the loan. However, the woman and her son were pushed in the canal one by one, leading to their deaths due to asphyxiation.
While the mother was killed in Raya area, her son was thrown in the canal near Mant area, around 12 km away. "Neha and Yogesh took the help of one Imran and Rakesh in the murder. Our teams are trying to arrest them," said the officer.