A quack was found murdered in Majre Chauhan Purva area in Jaitpur under Nawabganj police station in Gonda district on Thursday morning.
The quack was killed by some person who slit his throat sometime late on Wednesday night.
After getting information, the police reached the spot and sent the body for autopsy.
The cops suspect that the killing might have taken place over a land related dispute.
Rajesh Chauhan (32), a resident of Parasrampur police station area of Basti district, lived in his in-laws' house in Majre Chauhan Purva area of Jaitpur village under Nawabganj police station in Gonda district. He used to run a clinic in the village even when he was not a registered medical practitioner.
On Wednesday night, he slept in the open courtyard after dinner. Sometime late in the night, he was killed by slitting his throat with a sharp weapon. The family members found him lying in a pool of blood on Thursday morning.
Inspector Tej Pratap Singh, in-charge of Nawabganj police station, said that the body was sent for post-mortem and further investigations were on.
Meanwhile, a worker returning home from work was shot dead in the Deoband area of Saharanpur late on Wednesday night. Police have arrested two accused.
Shahrukh (19), a resident of Chhapar police station area of Muzaffarnagar district was engaged in construction work in Miragpur village. Around midnight on Wednesday, Shahrukh was returning with his colleagues when an unknown youth suddenly opened fire killing him near Parauli village.
Soon after the information was received, the police reached the spot and sent the body for post-mortem. The cops also conducted raids and managed to arrest two of the accused. Salman Dilshad and Sameer, who worked with Shahrukh disclosed that they informed the killer that the victim was a labourer but they still opened fire so they ran to save their lives.
Kotwali in-charge Piyush Dixit said that the father of the deceased, Salim, had given a complaint in the police outpost and two accused, Dharamveer and Ompal, had been arrested. Both were grilled to extract the reason for the killing.
In Mathura, a youth was allegedly murdered by the girl’s family to save family `honour’.
On Wednesday evening, the unclaimed body of a youth was recovered in the field under the Mahavan police station. The victim was identified as Rohan, a resident of Baldev Selkheda. He had come to his sister's house in Nagla Devkaran village under Mahavan police station and was missing for the last four days.
Soon after the recovery of the body, the family accused the girl's family of kidnapping and killing the youth as they were against his affair. Rohan along with his parents had come to the village Nagla Devkaran, to visit his sister-in-law last Sunday. He went out for darshan at Radharani temple in Rawal but did not return home. When he did not return home till late night, the brother-in-law and the youth's father Sarman launched a search but when they failed to trace him out, filed a `missing’ complaint at the local police station. The relatives of the deceased alleged that the police did not register their complaint.
On Wednesday evening, the body of Rohan was found after which the police came into action and registered a case. Rohan’s uncle Bhuri Singh said that their neighbour Bacchu Singh's sons Bablu, Chhotu, Neetu killed Rohan as they were against his affair.
Police sent the body for post-mortem and were making further investigations.