At least a dozen people were injured as two groups resorted to stone-pelting after some of them harassed a Dalit girl in Muzaffarnagar district on Monday evening, police said.
The girl was returning home from tuition classes in Bannagar village under Kotwali police station limits when a few young men teased her. That led to a confrontation between those men and another group, following which both parties resorted to stone-pelting. Some of them sustained grave injuries, police said.
Cases were registered against both the parties and efforts were on to arrest the accused.
Meanwhile, in a separate case reported from Hasanganj area of Unnao, a dispute took place between two families after which a youth committed suicide on Tuesday morning.
The youth ended his life as a woman from the opposite group used abusive language against him which he could not tolerate. He went inside his home and shot himself, local residents said.
Reports said that Chutkan, who was a resident of Shankarpur area of Hasanganj in Unnao, used to frequent the house of a neighbouring girl to meet her. He reached the girl's house on Tuesday morning and got into an argument over some minor issue with her and her family members.
The girl allegedly used abusive language for Chutkan and his family members. In a fit of rage, Chutkan reached his house and shot himself. He was found lying in a pool of blood by his family members. He was rushed to a local hospital and later to KGMU Trauma Centre in Lucknow, but he died on the way.
Incharge of Hasanganj police station Akhilesh Pandey said the body was sent for autopsy and further investigations were underway.
Meanwhile, in Baghpat, three people were killed and two others injured after being run over by a truck on the eastern peripheral expressway near Badagaon, police said on Tuesday. Two of them died on the spot while the other succumbed in a hospital.