Former pradhan of Bhaluhi village under Sukhpura police station of Ballia district was brutally hacked to death under mysterious circumstances on Tuesday morning. The 66-year-old former pradhan, Hridaynarayan Singh, was sleeping in the verandah of his house at the time of his murder.
On hearing his screams on Tuesday morning, some neighbours rushed to his house and found him lying in a pool of blood. Some unknown killers had slit his throat and also stabbed him several times to brutally hack him to death. The killers managed to escape before the villagers entered the house and later called the police.
Superintendent of Police of Ballia, Raj Karan Nayyar, reached the spot along with other senior officials and a forensic team. The victim’s son later claimed before the police that neither his father nor he had any dispute with anyone which could lead to such brutal killing that took place inside the house when his father was sleeping. The cops sent the body for post-mortem and were investigating the case from all possible angles, including some old political rivalry.
Meanwhile, a youth was found murdered in Khandi, 500 metres ahead of Dikhtauli on Shikohabad-Pratappur road in Firozabad on Tuesday morning. The villagers who first saw the body informed the police after which the cops reached the spot and sent the body for post-mortem. The cops claimed that the victim appeared to have been murdered somewhere else and his body was dumped at the spot.
The victim was brutally killed with some sharp-edged weapon and later his body was stuffed in a gunny bag and thrown at the spot. The body was wrapped first in two bed-sheets before putting it in the gunny bag to ensure that no one suspected foul play before the killers abandoned the body. The cops tried to ascertain the identity of the victim but failed in their attempt. They also flashed messages to the neighboring districts to get some clue to the identity of the victim.
Inspector-in-charge Pradeep Kumar claimed that the victim seemed to be in his late 20s and was wearing a black shirt and white pants. A watch was also tied on the wrist. M Bablu Singh was also tattooed on his left hand.