Initiating legal action against a youth involved in kidnapping of a girl proved fatal for a family in Basti when the accused brutally hacked the girl’s mother and her grandmother on late Wednesday night.
The accused also tried to kill the girl but she survived and now battling for her life in the hospital.
A case has been registered in this regard and efforts were on to nab the accused, who was absconding after the incident.
Reports said that one Miraj Ahmed, a resident of Kamhariya locality of Kalwari in Basti, had kidnapped 18-year-old Tahira, residing in the same locality, some days back. The family members lodged a case against Miraj after which the cops swung into action and rescued the victim from the clutches of the accused.
Miraj, however, was not arrested and he reportedly left to Mumbai, after threatening the girl’s family with dire consequences. Surprisingly, the family members informed the police about the threat still no action has been taken by the cops.
The matter took an ugly turn when Miraj, who reportedly returned from Mumbai and took shelter in a secret hideout, struck late on Wednesdaynight. He entered into Tahira’s residence and brutally stabbed her mother Mumtaz Behum (40) and her grandmother Hamidul Nisha (63), and also attacked Tahira to kill her. Whila Tahira was left with critical wounds, both Mumtaz and Hamidul, died on way to hospital. The family members in their report filed with the local police also named five of the kin of the Miraj, who helped the accused to execute the crime and later to flee from the scene of crime. However, no one was arrested so far.