Tension prevailed in Banda after members of an upper caste attacked a Dalit family over a trivia, killing one and injuring two others on Friday morning.
Heavy police force has been deployed in the area and a case was registered against the accused. Efforts were now being made to arrest the accused who absconded after the attack.
As per reports, Dalit youth Raju Arakh (25) of Mahotara in Atarra locality of Banda objected to his neighbour Surendra Dixit's kin and other boys playing cricket in a narrow bylane on Friday morning.
Raju told the boys that his mother Baggu (65) was unwell and the noise caused by the children playing cricket was causing inconvenience to her. He requested the children to stop the game or go to some other place for playing.
later, the children returned home and told Surendra Dixit about the incident. Dixit became angry at the fact that despite Raju belonging to the lower caste showed the temerity to 'object'.
Soon after, Dixit along with over a dozen other family members, armed with sticks and rods stormed Raju's home and brutally assaulted him in full public view. Shockingly, the assailants even attacked Raju’s mother and his uncle Munnu (49) when they tried to rescue the youth.
To terrorise the other Dalit families living in t he vicinity, Dixit and his kin threw the body of Raju into a well and threatened others to be ready to face similar treatment if they dared to speak against them before the police. With their nefarious mission accomplished the miscreants left the place.
The police were later informed by the neighbors about t he brutal attack and the latter admitted the seriously injured Baggu and Munnu to a nearby district hospital where their conditions are stated to be `critical’.
The body of Raju was taken out from the well and sent for autospy and a case was registsred at the Atarra police station. later police teams raided several areas to arrest the assailants but thy failed to yield any positive result as the miscreants had absconded. Heavy police force was deputed in the area to maintain peace.
Meanwhile in Etah, unidentified miscreants engaged in illegal mining struck terror by opening fire at a police party on Thursday night. A case was later registsred against four unknown persons but no arrests could be made till Friday.
As per reports, cpps of Raja Ka Rampur police station in Etah spotted a tractor carrying sand through the area on Thursday night. As the cops tried to stop the tractor, the driver accelerated and managed to escape.
Within 15-minutes of the incident, four persons came on a car and threatening the cops for daring to stop their tractor trolley and opened fire at the cops forcing them to take cover. Taking advantage of the situation, the assailants sped off from the scene. An FIR against 4 unknown miscreants was lodged and one of them was identified as Pappoo.
Police teams were formed to arrest the accused and seize the tractor and the trolley.