Three unidentified miscreants held a woman captive at her house and looted jewelries and cash from the house before fleeing the scene in Pratapgarh district on Friday afternoon. The victim identified as Reeta Singh of Civil lines locality, was all alone at her house when the miscreants came at the house. They asked her to open the gate as they wanted to know about her sons. Soon as the victim opened the doors, the trio forcibly entered the house. They later tied the victim with a rope after gagging her and looted Rs 50,000 and jewelries from the house. When the incident came to the notice of the villagers they raised anti police slogans and demanded immediate work out of the case. They later took to street and reached at the bus station where they blocked the road while protesting the police laxity. This led several buses to run delayed by the scheduled time of departure. The police had registered a case in this connection.
Killed
A man killed his father in law following a dispute over a petty issue in Unnao district on Friday morning. Reports said the victim Babu lal (90) lived at Durga Kheda village with his family. His son in law Pyare lal also lived with his children at the house after the death of his wife. In the morning, Pyare had a verbal spat with Babu lal on some issue after which he attacked him with an axe on his head. The victim began to bleed profusely due to the attack and died later before medical help come. The villagers flocked the scene and they over powered the miscreant who was later handed over to the police. The police had registered a case in this connection.