A 17-year-old school student was gunned down by a youth just as she objected her advances in Aliganj locality of Etah on Wednesday morning. The youth, who was already married, later committed suicide by shooting himself with the same weapon. A case has been registered and bodies were sent for post-mortem examination.
Reports said that 21-year-old Yogesh Yadav a resident of Kelatha locality of Aliganj in Etah, was trying to lure his neighbour, Sweta Yadav, doing intermediate in RD Public School. The accused made some advances on which the girl informed her parents who in turn warned the youth of dire consequences. On Wednesday morning, when Sweta, a student of class 12th, was going to her school to attend class, Yogesh waylaid her in a secluded place and tried to make physical assault. As the girl raised alarm to save herself, the accused opened fire at her and before anyone could nab him, he again loaded the country made weapon and also shot himself. While Yogesh died on the spot, Sweta was rushed to hospital but she too died on her way. The doctors pronounced her dead soon after reaching hospital. local police later reached the spot and claimed to be investigating the matter.
In another incident reported from Kasganj, two teenagers committed suicide after facing resistance from their family members. Reports said that the couple, hailing from Ganjdundwara locality, were upset with their family members who were opposing their marriage proposal so on Wednesday morning, both went and jumped before a train near Ganjdundwara railway station and committed suicide. A case has been registered and bodies were sent for post-mortem examination.
Meanwhile, body of a 25-year-old girl was also found lying on the road in Kaushambhi. The local police suspected that the victim was killed somewhere else and later the body was dumped to conceal the identity. Reports said that body of girl was found lying on the corner of the road in lahra hamlet of Kokhraj in Kaushambhi district on Wednesday morning. The victim had injury marks of blunt object. A case has been registered and efforts were on to maintain her identity.
In one sensational incident reported from Sitapur, a blind girl was raped by an accused when she was alone in her room. Reports lodged with the Khairabad police station confirmed that one Vikrant, a resident of Kamlapur area of the district had barged inside a house of a 20-year-old blind girl when her parents had gone outside for work. The accused later took advantage and raped the victim before fleeing from the spot. The identity of the accused was confirmed by a neighbour who saw the accused fleeing after the girl shouted for help. A case has been registered but the accused was not arrested.
In Bijnore, a 45-year-old man tried to kill his wife and two daughters before committing suicide. Reports said that Nirmesh, a resident of Bhojpur area of Bijnore was having regular conflict with his wife Usha (42) over petty house-hold matters. On Tuesday night, Nirmesh tried to kill Usha and his two daughters – Shradha (17) and Soma (15) and stabbed them with sharp edged weapons. He later consumed sulphas tablets and ended his life. Some neighbours, who rushed to rescue the victim after hearing their screams, shifted them to hospital where the condition of all the three has been stated to be critical. The body of Nirmesh was sent for post-mortem examination and further investigations are on.