In a gruesome property related killing, a widow and her daughter were killed while another daughter was critically injured after being attacked by their kin in Fatehpur on Thursday morning.
The slain daughter was to get married on April 17.
Earlier the woman's husband Indra Narain Awasthi was sprayed with bullets by the same accused ten years back under Malwa police station area of Fatehpur.
As per reports, Aditya Dwivedi of Sahili hamlet of Malwa in Fatehpur is the nephew of late Indra Narain Awasthi. The two families have been engaged in an old property related dispute which had culminated in Awasthi's death ten years back.
On Thursday morning, Aditya and his brother came to the late Awasthi's house and opened indiscriminate fire on his widow Vimla (45) and her daughters Kumud (20) and Ila (18) . Once their sinister mission was completed, the assailants fled the spot. Some neighbours later rushed to rescue the victims and shifted them to District Hospital where Vimla and Kumud were pronounced dead upon arrival. After initial medicare, the injured Ila was referred to Hylet Hospital in Kanpur.
Police sources said that Kumud was set to get married on April 17. After Indra Narain's killing Vimla got the job of a teacher in a school in his place. SP, Kalanidhi Naithani said that illegal firearms were used in the crime and an FIR has been registered against Aditya and his brother. Two teams were despatched t o track down the assailants who absconded with their family members soon after the killing.
Meanwhile in Ballia, a 35-year-old folk singer was shot dead by an unidentified assailant during a music programme in a village on Wednesdaynight.
As per reports, Akhilesh Singh had gone to attend a music programme in Sukhpura village where he was shot by an unidentified person behind the stage on Wednesday night as a result of which he died on the spot. Shaken by the shoot-out, the organiser and other members of the folk group fled the scene. An FIR was registered in this regard and the incident was being probed.