A brawl on a petty issue claimed life of a 55-year-old man in Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday.
According to reports, the victim identified as Sudama Yadav lived with his family at Bajapur Tola Kodaipur village under Kotwali police station area. Early in the morning his niece Madhu went to a pond to defecate self. When she was returning her home and happened to pass near a poultry farm, a furious looking rooster attacked her and later bit her. The poultry farm staff did not rescued her when the rooster attacked her.
The girl suffered bruises and she complained to her family members about the incident at which they reached the Gupta’s house to lodge a complaint. This snowballed into a verbal spat and both the parties trained handguns and rifles on one another. They later opened fire and in the cross firing Sudama suffered firearm injuries at his chest. He was rushed to hospital where he died later. Police registered a case in this connection and further investigations are on. Shot dead
Two unidentified miscreants riding a bike shot dead a 28-year-old youth Alok of Husainpur Jage village under Khairgarh police station area of Firozabad on Sunday morning. The victim was attacked when he was near Maa Bhagwati Vidhya Mandir school. He was rushed to hospital where he died during treatment. Police are yet to find the motive behind the murder. A case has been registered against unidentified miscreants. Police suspect that the victim was attacked due to personal enmity.