A clash over a longstanding personal enmity culminated in the death of two persons and injury to a third in Nizamabad area of Azamgarh on Monday morning.
As per reports, four persons riding two motorcycles reached Chakiya Hussainabad village where they had an altercation with Wasif which started the clash. As the two groups came to head knives were freely used in which Wasif and his friends Asmar (24), Kazim (22) and Musir (22) were critically injured. The victims were rushed to a hospital where Asmar and Kazim succumbed to their injuries while Mushir’s condition was stated to be critical.
Upon being informed, SP of Azamgarh, Sudhir Kumar Singh rushed to the spot with police force and started preliminary enquiries. Later several teams were formed to track down the assailants and three persons were detained. A case was registered and investigations were underway.
Meanwhile, a married woman committed suicide by consuming a poisonous substance in Muzaffarnagar on Sunday evening.
The woman and her husband had been living separately for some time after a dispute and on the previous evening, she consumed a poisonous substance. Her neighbours rushed her to a hospital where she was declared dead upon arrival. Her body was sent for autopsy and a probe was underway.