A college teacher allegedly shot dead his wife and son in Badsari Jageer village following a dispute in Balia while in a separate incident reported from Sambhal, an independent corporator allegedly shot dead his wife over marital discord in Nakkhasa area on Friday night.
According to reports from Balia, one Manoj Singh, a teacher at a private college, had a tiff with his wife Neelam (40) on Friday night. The matter took an ugly turn when Manoj suddenly whipped out his pistol and shot his wife dead. His son Rahul (20) who rushed to his mother’s rescue, was also killed by Manoj. District police chief of Balia, Manoj Kumar Jha said that they were surprised that to misguide the investigating agency, the accused initially claimed that his son had committed suicide after killing his wife.
Jha claimed that primarily probe pointed that Manoj Singh had reportedly been pressurising his wife for divorce and she had moved an application for alimony. He claimed that both, the husband and wife suspected each other of having extra marital affairs. The accused has been arrested and the bodies sent for post-mortem.
In another report poured in from Sambhal, an independent corporator allegedly shot dead his wife over marital discord in Nakkhasa area also on Friday night. Reports said that Gulzar, a corporator of Deep Sarai ward, arrived at his in-laws' house on Friday night to meet his wife Bobby (30), who was living with her father following a tiff with the accused. He had some heated exchange of words with his wife and later when the in-laws threatened him with dire consequences, Gulzar whipped out country made revolver and shot his wife Bobby dead. later he escaped from the house. An FIR has been lodged against Gulzar by the in-laws and raids were conducted to arrest him. However, Gulzar was found `absconding’ to evade arrest. The body of the victim has been sent for post mortem.
Meanwhile two persons lost their lives as they were run over by a train while trying to board a train leaving platform at Mathura Junction on Saturday morning while in a separate incident, two youths were feared drowned while swimming in Sharda Canal in Bisva area of Sitapur. According to cops of Government Railway Police Station in Mathura, two persons were run over by Chhattisgarh Express when they came under the wheels while trying to board the train from other side of the platform and that too when the train already left the station. The train was going towards Agra. Both deceased aged about 36 and 25 years respectively. A case has been registered and efforts were on to maintain their identity.
In another incident reported from Sitapur, two youths were feared drowned while swimming in Sharda Canal in Biswa area. Reports said that two youths, identified as Haseeb (17), and Nafees (15) went for swimming in the canal and were suspected to have drowned due to strong current on Friday evening. A search operation was launched all through the night but the bodies could not be traced. Efforts were on to recover the bodies at the time of filing this report. The families have been also informed of the incident.