A youth was brutally murdered in Sambhal district and his beheaded body was recovered from Rajpura area of the district.
After the brutal murder, the killers took the head with them and threw the torso into a trench on the side of the road.
When people saw the torso lying in the trench, they informed the police.
The ASP, CO reached the spot along with the local police. The youth's head was searched in the surrounding fields, but nothing was found. Police sent the body for autopsy and made an investigation to ascertain the identity of the victim.
It may be mentioned that last week, a similar killing was reported from Meerut in which the local police have so far failed to ascertain the identity of the victim.
Reports said that on Sunday evening, some passers-by saw a torso lying in the trench along Gawan-Anupshahr road, about one kilometer away from T-Point police post of Rajpura police station in Sambhal. The matter was reported to the police.
After the information, ASP Sreeschandra, CO Alok Sidhu reached the spot.
The youth appeared to be around 20-years of age but he could not be identified as his head was missing. The attackers had beheaded the youth with a sharp weapon.
The police along with the villagers started searching for the head. When the head was not found, the police called the dog squad on the spot, but even the dog squad could not locate the head. Police said that since the body was recovered, they were in contact with Bulandshahr police to seek their help to ascertain the identity of the deceased.
Meanwhile, two schoolgirls went missing under suspicious circumstances in Barabanki district since Monday morning. Both the girls and their brother were going to their school on different cycles as usual. The brother overtook the bicycle and both the sisters who were behind went missing under suspicious circumstances.
The brother waited for his two sisters for a long time, but when they did not reach school, he informed his family members. The incident took place under the Zaidpur Kotwali area of Barabanki district. Both the girls were students of Sri Sai Inter College in Barabanki,
According to information, both the girls, Kirti Awasthi, Samiksha Awasthi, aged about 14-years, and their brother were going to their school on different bicycles as usual. According to the brother, he overtook them but when he reached school and waited for their arrival, they both did not turn up so he informed the school authorities and also his parents about their disappearance.
The family members and local villagers launched a search and were shocked when the bicycles and school uniforms of the two girl students were recovered in a drain near Takia intersection of Zaidpur Kotwali area.
Both the girls are residents of Kola Gahbri village of Zaidpur. The family members immediately informed the local police about the mysterious disappearance of both the girls. Police are now investigating the whole matter.
Superintendent of Police Anurag Vats also visited the spot along with the force for investigation. According to the SP, the uniforms and bicycles of both the girls were recovered. Information has been taken from the brother of the girl students and the police are investigating all the facts. A case has been registered on the basis of the information of the relatives.
The SP said that four teams had been formed under the leadership of ASP and soon the girls would be recovered safely and handed over to the family and details would be shared with the local media.