A listed criminal ran out of luck during a robbery bid and was gunned down by a builder and his brother in Pratapgarh on Wednesday night. later the deceased’ wife lodged a case of murder against the builder. The local police however said that the woman registered the FIR merely to put pressure on the builder.
Sunil Kumar Jaiswal of Dirwa locality of Jethwara in Pratapgarh along with his brother Jyoti Prakash and driver Vinod Tewari were returning to their native village from lucknow on Thursday night. As he neared his house at Khatwara hamlet of Jethwara, about half a dozen miscreants parked a Tata Magic on the middle of the road and intercepted them to rom them of their belongings.
Sensing danger, Jaiswal immediately opened fire with his license revolver in which one of the criminals was injured while others fled the scene. The injured criminal later died on the spot and was identified as Chandrakant Mishra aka `Ghoda’ of Maheshganj also in Pratapgarh.
The cops of Maheshganj police claimed that Mishra had seven cases of loot, murder and extortion registered against him.
Mishra’s wife Anjala later reached the spot and claimed that her husband was innocent and that he was killed in cold-blooded by the builder who later fabricated an alibi.
She said that no weapon or other object was recovered from her husband’s possession or on the spot which batters the charges that her husband was attempting to loot. She also pointed out that even the Tata Magic was not found on the spot as claimed by Jaiswal.
She latertrained her guns at the police saying that the men in unfirom were favouring the builder for some ‘extraneous consideration’ and hence did not act on her FIR.
Meanwhile in SambhaI, two minor Dalit girls were raped while another teenaged Dalit girl was raped by her neighbour in Naraini area of Banda.
In Sambhal, two minor Dalit girls of Khudfatehgarh area were going to ease themselves on Wednesday evening when they were intercepted by Nemchandra aka Nimma and Ajay Pal aka Bhura. The accused gangraped both the girls and later let them off warning them not to share the incident with anyone before escaping from the spot.
Meanwhile in Banda, a 15-year-old girl was alone in her house at Naraini area when her neighbour Punit (19) barged into her house and raped her on Wednesday night. The accused also beat the victim’s minor brother when he tried to rescue her. An FIR was registered in this connection but the accused could not be arrested.