Two brothers were hacked to death with swords by their rivals in Deoria on Sunday night in connection with a tiff over harvesting of wheat.
Anil Kumar Tiwari (32) of Fulwaria locality of Kotwali in Deoria was harvesting wheat with his brother Chandra Mohan Tewari (25) on Sunday night. In the meantime, their neighbour Chhotu, accompanied by Dayashankar, Chandrama Prasad and Baleshwar Prasad, came to the spot. They abused Anil and his brother for starting the harvesting despite being told by Chhotu that the latter would harvest his crop first. This led to a heated exchange between the two groups. Subsequently, Chhotu and his aides attacked the brothers with swords and killed them.
later, some villagers rushed to the scene and nabbed Baleshwar and Chandrama Prasad while the other two managed to escape. The accused were handed over to the police and a case against all four was registered in this regard.
Meanwhile in Hathras, another man killed his sister-in-law before committing suicide over a petty dispute on Monday.
As per reports, Sanjay Singh of Khuda Hazari area of Kotwali had a tiff with his sister-in-law Reeta (28) brother Mukesh on Monday afternoon. The dispute took an ugly turn when Sanjay Singh took out a country made gun from his almirah and shot Reeta dead and fled the house.
The family members took Rita to a near-by hospital where she was pronounced dead upon arrival. later the family serached for Sanjay and were shocked to find his body lying on the railway tracks. The police claimed that upset with his action, the man probably ended his life in remorse. A case was registered and the bodies were sent for autopsy.
Meanwhile in Aligarh, the body of an unknown woman was recovered on Monday.
As per reports, a caller informed the police control room in Aligarh about the body of an unknown woman lying near Khwaza canal at Uthgiri locality of Harduaganj on Monday morning. The cops later recovered the body. They claimed that circumstantial evidences suggested that the victim was hacked to death before being dumped at the spot to conceal the crime. The cops did not rule out the possibility of the woman being sexually assaulted before being murdered. The body was sent for autopsy and investigations were on.