Tension prevailed in Maharajganj district on Sunday following the murder of an old man, his son and his daughter in law.
The victim identified as Ram Samajh (60) lived with his son lohar (27) and his son’s wife Sunita (24) in Madhukapur village. They were found murdered in their house under Puranderpur police station area on Sunday. As the news broke, the villagers assembled the scene. They apprehended a rival group to have hand in the murder of the victims and went into rage.
The police though maintained that reason behind the killing was yet to be known. In a daring incident, a love-lorn youth along with his aide abducted a minor daughter of a local BJP leader from her house on Saturday night in Mathura. The miscreants set ablaze the watchman on duty in Mathura while executing the crime.
According to reports, the incident took place when few miscreants barged in at a residential school run by BJP leader Heera Singh at Borfa village. The miscreants started beating watchman, Rajveer and then set him ablaze after dousing him in petrol. Rajveer suffered serious burns and he died on the spot. They then moved inside the house and abducted one of the three daughters of Heera Singh, (an 11-year-old minor), from their house in the school campus.When the incident took place, the BJP leader was at his another residence on Maholi road in Mathura. He has denied of having enmity with any body. The watchman's body has been sent for post-mortem.
later working on the case, the police arrested a youth identified as Baldev of Chatta police station area of Mathurain this connection while his aide Pintu was being traced. The incharge of the police station said the other miscreant was identified as Pintu and he used to live in a hostel of a school. The police said Baldev developed a fancy for the girl and he executed the crime of abducting the girl while Pintu bashed up the watchman and set him ablaze. The police said the other miscreant would be nabbed soon.