Communal tension prevailed in Nasirpur village of Mau after two motorcycle-borne miscreants fired at a person coming out of a mosque after offering namaz and also threw pieces of meat, suspected to be pork on Friday.
SP, Mau, Abhishek Yadav, who rushed to the scene along with police personnel, claimed that the miscreants managed to escape after the incident. The injured was shifted to a hospital where doctors pronounce him dead upon arrival. Heavy police force was deployed to avert any unsavoury incident. Teams were also formed to identify and track down the criminals.
As per reports, Yunus (17), of Nasirpur area of Mau was coming out of a mosque after offering namaz on Friday when two bikers suddenly opened fire causing serious injuries. To fan communal tension, the miscreants also threw pork meat outside the mosque before speeding off from the scene.
A case was registered and the criminals are still at large. local police said that as the incident took place in rural area which do not have CCTV cameras, they were trying to ascertain the identity of the assailants with the help of locals who were present there.
Earlier, similar tension were reported from Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Sambhal, Aligarh and some other west UP districts where caste and communal clashes took place over trivial issues. It was on Thursday, communal tension prevailed in Shahjahehpur after reports of cow slaughter.
Meanwhile, in Chandauli, a woman and her daughter were hacked to death by her brother-in-law over a family dispute on Thursday night.
As per reports, Gunja Devi (35), of latnumber area of Mugalsarai in Chandauli and her daughter Kajal (15), were at their home when Gunja had a tiff with her uncle Akash. The matter took an ugly turn when Akash hacked Gunja and killed Kajal, when she tried to rescue her mother.