A youth battered his father to death and later ended his life in Aligarh while a woman threw her three children in a well in Sonbhadra and escaped.
In Aligarh, Pawan Sharma of Mohalla Ganj of Tappal used to live with his wife and two children. His father, Veerpal Sharma (55), also lived in the neighbourhood but worked at a dhaba in Mumbai. Due to the lockdown in Maharashtra, Veerpal had returned home last Sunday.
On Wednesday night, Veerpal had a tiff with his son Pawan over a trivial issue. The dispute took an ugly turn when Pawan went to his father’s house and battered him with a stick till he died.
When the neighbour’s learnt about the attack, they informed the police. When the police reached Pawan’s home early Thursday morning, he locked himself in a room fearing arrest.
The police assisted by locals managed to break open the door only to find Pawan hanging from the ceiling fan.
A case was registered and the bodies were sent for autopsy.
In Sonbhadra, two minors drowned after a woman pushed three of her children into a well. While one was saved by the police, the other two were not so lucky.
As per reports, Devanti Devi of Koharmara Tola of Pindari gram panchayat used to live with her in-laws and three kids as her husband Vijay worked in Chennai. The family members went to attend a function on Wednesday but Devanti returned home with her children slightly ahead of others.
Around 10 pm on Wednesday, she reached her neighbours’ home crying and told them that her kids had fallen into a well in Bijipur area and later fled the village.
When the neighbours reached the well, they heard cries of the children. The informed the gram pradhan about the incident and he called the police.
The police rescued Annu (6), while Anuj (3) and Deepanshu (1) drowned.
The kids were rushed to a hospital where the latter two were pronounced dead upon arrival. Annu was discharged after treatment.
The police were trying to track the whereabouts of absconding Devanti.