The state was rocked by a spate of murders in which five persons lost their lives in different places on Saturday.
In the first case, Gowardhan (15) aka Shatrughan of Naglakoli hamlet of Ferozabad had a tiff with Alok Sharma while playing kabaddi in the locality three days back. On Saturday morning, while Shatrughan was sittingoutside his house, Alok attacked him with an axe and hacked him to death. After the gruesome incident, the assailant escaped from the scene. A case was registered in this regard and efforts were underway to nab the accused.
In lakhimpur Kheri, the body of Vinod Kumar (30) was found lying near his house in Jamunwapurwa hamlet on Saturdaymorning. He was reportedly strangulated to death. The family members lodged a case against Yakub, Shree Ram, Tulsiram, Ram Gopal and Sharda of Bodhipur area of the district. They claimed that the accused had an enmity with Vinod and hence they murdered him. The police on its part maintained that the deceased had two cases of rape and one of molestation registered against him and were hence probing all possible angles.
Meanwhile in Amethi, Ganga Prasad Yadav (40) of Khuthai hamlet of Fursatganj was shot dead with a country made revolver by his nephew Sanjay on Saturday afternoon. The police rushed to the spot and claimed that the accused had an old enmity with the victim which led to the killing. A case was registered and efforts were on to nab the accused.
Elsewhere in Mathura, Dharmendra (23) of Mugara hamlet was sleeping outside his house when unknown miscreants hacked him to death sometime on Friday night. Dharmendra’s body was recovered on Saturday morning and a case was registered and the body was sent for autopsy.
In the last case reported from Hapur, an attempt was made on the life of a youth over a petty dispute. As per reports, Javed (10) and Danish (13) of Noorpur area of Babugarh were going to school on a scooty on Saturday morning when one of their friends Sonu intercepted them and scolded Danish for driving at high speed. When Danish asked Sonu to mind his business, Sonu reportedly whipped out a country made revolver and opened fire hitting Danish on his leg. A case was registered and the victim was sent to hospital. Sonu was arrested by the local police.