Communal tension prevailed in Mau when the body of a four-year-old girl, missing since the last six days, was recovered from the house of her neighbour on Fridaymorning. The police was informed and the body was sent for autopsy.
The police suspected the hand of the neighbour in the grotesque crime, particularly as the body was kept in his house and yet, the family denied having any knowledge of it. Heavy police force was deployed in the area to avert any exigency.
Senior officers including SSP Mau, was also camping in the area to supervise law and order and investigations.
As per reports, Waris Hussain lived with his family in Walidpura locality of Mohamedi for the last several years. last Saturday, during `Cheallum’, his daughter Ismat Zehra (4) was playing outside after which she went missing.
The family learnt of the girl’s disappearance only in the evening after which they launched a hunt. Failing to get any clue about her whereabouts, Waris later informed the police and a case of disappearance was lodged.
The case took an unfortunate turn when family members smelt a stench emanating from the neighbour Badri Seth’s house on Friday morning.
Suspecting foul play, the family informed the police after which cops searched the house and found the mutilated body of the victim. The victim was pobably killed on the day of her disappearance but the body could not be disposed off. The police later took Badri Seth and his son into custody for quizzing ho claimed that tyhey were not in the know of thebody being in the house. Further investigations are on.
Meanwhile in Bahraich, a father-son duo along with two others were killed while three others were injured in an accident involving a Pikup and Sumo early Fridaymorning.
As per reports, a speeding Sumo coming from Bahraich to lucknow collided head-on with a Pikup Van on the lucknow-Bahraich highway near Jarwarl Road police outpost in the wee hours of Friday. Pikup driver Somnath Kashyap (50) of Barfkhana Kandi of Civil lines police station in Kanpur and his son Rajan Kashyap (25) along with Sumo driver Abhisekh Tewari (30) of Gomatinagar, Ashish Saksena (35) of Bijlipur area of Shahjahenpur died in the accident.
Besides, Gaurav Shukla (27) of Virat Khand in Gomati Nagar, Vishal Pathak (30) of Ambedkarnagar and Vinay Mishra (30) of Karnailganj in Gonda were injured and admitted to the district hospital.
All the Sumo occupants were returning to lucknow after attending a marriage ceremony while the Pikup laden with fruits was going to Bahraich. A case was registered and the bodies were sent for autopsy.