In a sensational incident, unidentified armed miscreants riding some vehicle peppered with bullet a Madhaya Pradesh (MP) native couple, their 11 year old son and their 14 year old nephew in their I20 car near Medical University crossing in Jhansi district on Sunday afternoon. The slain lady was a gram Pradhan in MP.
According to a report, Brijesh Tiwari (40), his wife lavli Tiwari, their son Punit and Brijesh’s nephew Mayank aka Hujju, all of Garhkhukhar village under Newari Tehsil of Teekamgarh district left for Pichhaud locality under Nawabagh police station area where they had to attend a Bariksha (engagement function). Around 4.15 pm when they reached at medical university crossing they turned to the service lane at roadside. The police said unidentified miscreant would be trailing the family for long distance and they would have got the car stopped before attacking the family.
While denying the claims of fifty round of fire on the victims, Additional SP, Awneesh Kumar said the miscreant opened 11 rounds of fire out of which 7 fires were done from 315 bore pistols while four fires were done by 12 bore pistols. "The cops recovered 11 shells from the car. The victim suffered point blank range gunshot injuries. It seemed that they were killed while the nozzles of the pistols were put at their temple, chest and other parts of the body with an aim to kill them," he said. The ASP added that the miscreants fired at the victims more than two times to ensure that they be killed. He said the police failed to get any eyewitness of the incident.
The ASP said some one informed the police control room about the abandoned car and about the bodies and the police rushed the scene. He said on the basis of registration number of car which was purchased from Sagar district, the police detected the identity of the victims and consequently the family was informed of the incident. He said prima facie it seemed the victims were attacked due to an old enmity. "A case of attempt to murder is pending against victim’s rivals and some of the members of the rival group are in jail also. It seemed that the victims were attacked out of the enmity," he said. He said the family was yet to lodge an FIR in this connection. He said the lady was a gram pradhan from the village she belonged.
The ASP said the field unit comprising finger print experts, dog squad and forensic experts reached the place to examine the crime scene. "Three police teams had been sent to Newari, Sendhari and Garkhukhar in search of the miscreants on the basis of clues given by the family of the victims,’ he added. It was puzzling that the police teams did not get any eyewitness to the incident. Sources said the local vendors would have scared to see the gory killing and would have gone hiding.