A temple priest was found murdered in the Faridpur area of Bareilly district on Tuesday morning. The body was found lying in the cremation ground with clothes soaked in blood. It appeared that his throat was slit and he was also stabbed in the stomach.
SP, Dehat, Rajkumar Agarwal reached the spot soon after being informed about the incident. He inspected the spot and quizzed the locals before sending the body for autopsy.
According to reports, there is a crematorium in Mohalla Para of Faridpur. A room and a verandah have been built on the cremation ground which is near a Goddess Kali temple. The body of Baba Bhushan Nath (65), who had been living there for about 25 years, was found lying on a cot in the verandah on Tuesday morning.
It was suspected that the priest was murdered by someone close to him. There is a pond near the cremation ground and it is being filled these days. As a result, the pond water was reaching the cremation ground and the priest was opposing it. Police suspected that he might have been killed over this issue.
Meanwhile, a minor girl was charred to death after her house at a village in Bahraich caught fire due to a short-circuit on Monday afternoon.
CO, Mahsi, JP Tripathi reached the spot and sent the body for autopsy. Reports said that Ramtej, a resident of Majre Godian Purwa of Sangwa Samda in Bondi police station area, went to work in the field on Monday morning. His wife put their 3-year-old daughter Annu to sleep inside the house and then went to cook food.
When the power supply started in the afternoon, clothes kept near her cot caught fire due to a short-circuit. The flames engulfed the cot and Annu was burnt alive.
Ramtej’s wife ran towards the room but the girl had been charred to death by then. Village head representative Ram Dayal Pal informed police about the incident and a case was registered in this connection.