Raising voice against ragging proved costly for a student of Government polytechnic in Hathras, when the senior students led by college lecturer, with whom the complaint was made, opened indiscriminate fire killing his elder brother and one of his friend, late on Tuesday night.
local police who later swung into action arrested the lecturer and one of the senior students in this connection while efforts were on to nab the remaining students who were reportedly absconding.
Reports said that one Rishab Kaushik, who joined Government polytechnic in Hathras this year, was ragged by his senior students led by one Abhisekh Kumar. Upset with the harassment, Rishab reportedly made a complaint in this regard with the lecturer, Banke lal. However, he was unaware that Banke lal, was patronising the senior students who were involved in ragging.
Reports further said that Banke lal first warned Rishab and asked him to withdraw his complaint but when he was adamant to get the seniors punished for their acts, the lecturer along with the accused student, Abhisekh Kumar, Sohan Pal and two other unknown senior students of the college reached Rishab’s house at Delhi Chowk area of Hathras late on Tuesday night. They called Rishab’s elder brother Anshul Kaushik and one of latter’s friend Keshav Pachauri, who was also present there for talks so that some compromise could be made.
Sources said that the accused first threatened Anshul and Keshav with dire consequences but when the duo resisted, they opened fire and gunned down both and escaped. Rishab and other family members who heard gun shots rushed out and found Anshul and Keshav lying in pool of blood so they took them to District Hospital but doctors pronounced them dead upon arrival. later a named report against the lecturer Banke lal, along with Abhisekh Kumar, Sohan Pal and two other students was registered with the local police who subsequently arrested Banke lal and Sohan Pal.
Meanwhile, State was also rocked with series of murders during the last 24-hours. In Agra, two youths visited the house of retired assistant excise commissioner, Prithvi Chaturvedi (62), residing in Ganpatnagar in Sikendra on Wednesday morning. Both the criminals later locked the maid of the house inside a room, and tried to rob the costly belongings but when Chaturvedi resisted, they strangulated him to death and escaped. In Mathura, property dispute led to murder of 40-year-old Raju Pandey, residing in Baldev area near water tank, when the opposite party identified as Sachin Pandey, Bachchu Pandey and Ashok Pandey, opened fire and gunned him down on Wednesday morning. A case was registered and efforts were on to nab the accused.
In Aligarh, one Radhey Shyam, a resident of Chandpurgoni area of Aqrabad, had a dispute with Hridesh Gupta, owning Neelkhant hotel, over payment of some money. The dispute turned ugly when Hridesh Gupta, and his accomplices brutally hacked Radhey’s wife Usha (45), to death on Wednesday afternoon. In Muzaffarnagar, Sumit (26), a resident of Soram locality of Shahpur, working in clothes merchant shop, was returning home on his bicycle when three unknown youths shot him dead late on Tuesday night. In Allahabad, one Arvind, a resident of Peerkhadi in Meja, had a dispute with Raja Shukla, on Tuesday evening.
The matter took ugly turn when Raja Shukla, snatched a four-months old daughter of neighbour, Sadhna, who came in support of Arvind, and threw her on the road following which she died on the spot. local public later nabbed Raja Shukla and brutally assaulted him before handing him over to local police. lastly in Agra, 25-year-old Sunil Verma aka Bangali, a resident of Manikpur, who was a tractor driver, was strangulated to death by some unknown person at Sobara locality of Basaiarela in Agra, on Tuesday night. A case has been registered and efforts were made to trace out the identity of the accused and to nab them.