A land dispute between five brothers took a violent turn when four brothers ganged up and brutally hacked the elder brother's wife with spade at Lambhua Kotwali police station area of Sultanpur on Wednesday.
The elder brother and his daughter tried to rescue the victim but they were also injured and had to be hospitalised for treatment.
On being informed, the local police along with senior officers rushed to the spot and sent the body for autopsy. Later one of the assailants was nabbed while the rest managed to flee the scene.
As per reports, Atibal of Bhadaiya locality of Nathu village in Lambhua Kotwali jurisdiction was having a land related dispute with his brothers Prem, Achhelal, Jialal and PM. Earlier too, the four brothers had implicated Atibal's son Ashish in a false case of theft, and he is in jail for the last six months.
On Wednesday morning, again a dispute started between the brothers regarding the land. The matter took an ugly turn when Atibal's brothers brought sticks, rods and a spade and attacked him. In the meantime, Atibal’s wife, Savitri Devi, and his daughter also came to rescue him. Subsequently the brothers targeted Savitri with a spade, critically injuring her. She died on the spot.
Both Atibal and his daughter, Anamika, were also injured in trying to save Savitri. The injured father-daughter duo suffered serious injuries in the attack and had to be admitted to the district hospital for treatment.
Superintendent of Police of Sultanpur, Dr Vipin Mishra, said that the police managed to nab one of the accused, Prem, and a search was underway for the other accused who were on the lam.
A heavy police force was deployed in the area to avert any untoward incident.
Meanwhile in Shahjahanpur, two women were killed and several others injured when a truck laden with sugarcane overturned, trapping several residents under it in Prithvipur locality of Mirzapur police station area on Wednesday morning.
The overloaded truck laden with sugarcane was going to Rupapur sugar mill from a cane collection centre. The driver lost control over the wheel after which the vehicle overturned on Jalalabad Shamshabad road of Prithvipur village and several residents were trapped under it.
The locals rushed to rescue the victims and managed to extricate the bodies of two women while a dozen others injured in the mishap were shifted to hospital. The truck driver was also injured and was hospitalised in a critical condition.
A case was registered and investigations were on.