Close on heels of the killing of two police officials in Mathura and an murderous attempt on another officer in Allahabad, unknown persons stole the service revolver and belongings of a Station House Officer in Sultanpur from his official residence.
A case was registered and efforts are underway to identify and trace the culprits.
As per reports, unknown miscreants entered the official reidence of Station House Officer of Haliyapur, Ramakant Yadav late Tuesday night.
The miscreants stashed a .9mm service revolver, ten live cartridges, Rs 20,000 and other valuables before fleeing the police station campus.
Early Wednesday morning, Yadav noticed the theft and informed his sub-ordinates at the police station. Efforts are now being made to work out the case but no breakthrough could be made till Wednesday evening.
Meanwhile in Barabanki, the body of a young woman, suspected to be raped and murdered, was recovered earlyWednesday morning.
The police control room was intimated by a person about the body lying by the ropadside at Mosepur hamlet of Ramsnehighat area. After preliminary enquiry, the police said that circumstantial evidences suggested that the victim in her 20's, was raped and killed and later her body was dumped there.
The assailants also tried to burn the body to conceal identity as a bottle of petrol was recovered from the spot. A case was registered and the body was sent for autopsy. Efforts are on to identity the victim.
Elsewhere in Muzaffarnagar, a 22-tear-old girl ended her life by jumping before a train at Khatoli area on Wednesdaymorning. The body was sent for autopsy and efforts are on to identify the victim.
Meanwhile two cases of rapes were reported from Bareilly in the last 24 hours.
In the first incident, a teenaged girl was abducted and raped by two youths in the city area. The 14-year-old girl was alone in her house when Shahrukh and Mehruddin entered the premises and abducted her at gun point on Tuesday. They then took her to a secluded place and raped her. A case was registered after the victim's father complained to the police. No arrests were reported till Wednesday.
In Pratapgarh, a 13-year-old girl was raped by a youth in lalganj area. The girl had gone to the when Nikki (24) dragged her to abush and raped her on Tuesday evening. After the girl complained, her family members lodged an FIR in this regard. The accused is on the run.