The law and order in the State continued to touch new low with sensational killing of two guards of a bank in Barabanki, recovery of bodies of two unknown woman in Siddharthanagar and Hardoi respectively.
In Barabanki, one Shatrughan, hailing from Guthani locality of Balrampur, who was peon of Cooperative Bank at Sathrikh Branch, informed the police on early Tuesday morning that channel gate of the bank was lying open and both the guards, identified as Deshraj (45), and Om Prakash also (45), were lying in pool of blood. The cops immediately rushed and summoned the manager and other staff and found that some criminals struck sometime in the night, killed both the guards and entered inside the bank. However, they failed to open the cash chest or lockers so they escaped without managing to rob the cash or other valuables. The guns of both the guards were also found lying in the bank.
The news of above killing went like a wild fire and soon the IG (lucknow Zone) as well as DIG of Faizabad range along with district police chief of Barabanki reached the spot. They investigated the matter and claimed to have launched a massive hunt for the criminals before they could struck in any other bank.
Meanwhile in Siddharthnagar, body of unknown girl recovered inside a gunny bag dumped near Rapti River at Satwadi area of Jogiya on Tuesday morning. The victim who was in her twenties seems to have killed somewhere else and later her body was dumped at the above place. A local villager, who first spotted the body informed the incident to the local police who sent the body for post-mortem examination and were making further investigation. Efforts were also on to maintain identity of the victim. The cops also not ruled out that the victim was sexually assaulted before being murdered.
In another similar case, body of a woman in her thirties was found abandoned near Purana Pachkohra Adda under the Sirsa police station area in Hardoi on early Tuesday morning. The village guard Balram who was returning after a stroll found the body subsequently which he reported the matter to the local police. The cops rushed to the spot and investigated the matter. They claimed that the victim was hacked to death somewhere else and later her body was dumped to conceal the crime. A case has been registered and the body was sent for autopsy report.
Meanwhile five persons, which included three constables and two jail inmates, died in a road mishap in Gorakhpur on Tuesday. According to reports, a police team was returning after producing two hardened criminals identified as Bharat Kumar and Ram Milan in Judicial Magistrate court (Bansgaon) on Tuesday afternoon when their vehicle met with an accident. The vehicle fell near Yami river in which the above two criminals along with three constables identified as Radhyshyam Rai, Awadesh Kumar Yadav, Sachidanand were killed while other cops were seriously injured. The incident occurred under Belipar police station. A case has been registered and bodies were sent for post-mortem examination.