A minor boy, said to be mentally unstable, brutally murdered his elder brother and nephew in Hardoi on Friday.
The police have taken the accused into custody and are investigating the incident.
Superintendent of Police of Hardoi, Ajay Kumar, said, “A minor boy bludgeoned the heads of his elder brother Awadhesh (33) and nephew Ashu (13) with a gas cylinder while the victims were asleep at a house in Vibhuti Nagar area under Kotwali police station early Friday morning.
Both the deceased used to run a puncture repairing shop and were living on rent in the house.
The 15-year-old accused came to Hardoi from his native village Bargaona in Bilgram two days back to stay with his close kin. The accused is said to be mentally unsound.
On being informed, the police reached the spot, took the accused into custody and sent the bodies for post-mortem.”
Meanwhile in Shamli, an 80-year-old man died when his 16-year-old grandson accidentally shot him with a country-made pistol in a village on Thursday night.
Deshraj Singh of Gangrol village in Thana Bhawan police station area sustained a bullet wound on his chest and was rushed to a nearby hospital but the doctors pronounced him dead.
The incident took place when the pistol with which the minor was playing suddenly went off, injuring the victim.
A case of culpable homicide was registered and the juvenile was sent to judicial custody. The body was sent for autopsy.