Lakhimpur Kheri was rocked by a sensational double murder in which a 35-year-old man, Shakeel, hacked his wife and younger brother to death with an axe and injured his mother in Naurangabad area on Monday morning.
While the motive for the killings was not immediately known, the police suspect that Shakeel committed the crime as he suspected that his wife Shabikunnishan (30) and brother Mohsin (30) were having an affair. They said when Shakeel’s mother, Sabirunnishan, tried to stop him during the attack, he attacked her, injuring her hand.
Apparently mentally disturbed, Shakeel was later held by locals and handed over to the police along with the axe he used for the murderous attack.
Senior Superintendent of Police of Kheri, Poonam, visited the scene of crime and said that investigation was on to ascertain the actual motive behind the killing.
The bodies were sent for autopsy.
In another sensational incident reported from Sambhal, two sisters were raped in Behjoi area by two men in police uniform on Sunday.
The police registered a case but denied involvement of any cop, claiming that the accused seemed to have misused the uniform to terrorise the victims and execute the crime.
As per reports, two men came in a car and barged into the house of the sisters.
Claiming to be constables of local police station, they accused the family members of dealing in spurious liquor and asked the sisters to accompany them to the police station for inquiry.
Later, the miscreants took the girls to a secluded spot in a nearby jungle, took turns with them and sped off.
Upon returning home, the sisters informed the family about their ordeal after which their kin went to Behjoi police station only to be told that no constable was sent to their home.
A complaint was lodged, investigations were underway and the victims were sent for medical examination.