In a shocking incident, the body of a child was found missing from a grave in Khanpur police station area of Bulandshahr.
The kin of the deceased and the locals staged a demonstration at the graveyard. Later, senior officers backed by local police rushed to the spot and pacified the protesters by assuring them that the culprits would soon be arrested.
As per reports, a four-year-old child died of fever at Thona village on Wednesday and was buried in a nearby graveyard. However, the next day, the kin found the body missing from the grave.
The angry relatives later informed other residents of the village and they created a ruckus on the spot. The kin alleged that the body of the child was removed for carrying out occult practices (tantra mantra).
Later senior officers and the police reached the spot and pacified the people. Police teams were formed and all efforts were being made to identify and nab the miscreants and recover the body.
Meanwhile in Mirzapur, the autopsy report of three missing minors whose bodies were recovered on Wednesday, confirmed that they were murdered.
Three children of a family, Hariom (14), Sudhanshu (13) and Shivam (12) of Bami village of Lalganj (Mirzapur), had gone out for a picnic at Kushira forest on Tuesday afternoon after which they disappeared.
Their families were busy in a marriage ceremony and noticed their absence in the evening. After their search failed to yield results, the family members reported the matter to the police.
On Wednesday, the bodies of the missing kids were found near an embankment in the forest. The victims had injuries and their eyes had been gouged out.
The bodies were sent for autopsy which confirmed that they had been murdered. Initially, trying to pass the deaths as accident, the police have now altered the case to one of murder.