A 9-year-old boy was sodomised and murdered in Hapur. In Kaushambi, the bodies of teenage lovers were found lying on railway tracks.
As per reports, the 9-year-old boy went missing on Monday and his semi-nude body was later found in a field in Dhaulana area of Hapur on Tuesday. SP, Hapur, Neeraj Kumar Jadaun said that going by the circumstantial evidence it appeared that the victim was sexually assaulted before being murdered. Several police teams were deputed to find out the cause and motive for the dastardly act and track down the perpetrators. An FIR was registered based on the complaint of the victim’s family and the body was sent for autopsy.
In Kaushambi, a young couple were found dead on the Delhi-Howrah route railway tracks on Tuesday. The bodies of a youth aged 21 and his 17-year-old female lover were found on the tracks near Nidhiyawa village of Kokhraj police station area on Tuesday evening. Locals said that the youth and his lover were neighbours in Shivpur village and were in a relationship which was opposed by their respective families. The families had even warned them to break the relationship. The locals suspected that the couple might have taken the extreme step to parental pressure. While no complaint was filed, the police started a probe and the bodies were sent for autopsy.
Meanwhile in Hathras, a former pradhan of Kamlapur village was shot dead by two bike-borne unidentified men while he was returning home from Sikandararao area on Tuesday night.
Ram Khilari Yadav (48) was riding pillion on a motorcycle being driven by his friend Munesh, when the bike borne assailants shot him in the back and after he crashed to the ground, the gunmen came closer and shot him in the head before fleeing the scene. Munesh was luckily unhurt in the attack.
As the news spread, locals gathered at the spot to protest against the killing and blocked the Sikandrarao - Hathras road, causing a two-hour traffic jam. The blockade was lifted after police intervened and defused the situation. An FIR was registered and preliminary investigations indicated that Yadav had a long-standing dispute with some local residents which could have been the murder motive. The body was sent for autopsy and the police were investigating the incident. Additional police force was deployed in the village to avoid any untoward incident.