A petty dispute over ‘rotis’ cost the life of a youth after he was brutally battered to death, that too during his birthday, in Bareilly on Sunday.
The killing also led to communal tension in the area and a heavy police force was camping there to prevent any untoward incident. The body was sent for autopsy and efforts were on to nab the prime accused.
The incident took place in Chanehata area under the Cantonment police station on Sunday, when a restaurant owner, with his staff, thrashed one Sunny and his cousin Babloo. Both had to be admitted to a hospital.
Sunny had placed an order for 150 ‘rotis’ to the restaurant in Chanehata area for his birthday party on Sunday and had also made the payment. But when the owner sent only 40 ‘rotis’, Sunny, along with his cousin, went to the restaurant and raised the matter with the owner and got into an argument with him, said the complaint filed by the father of the deceased.
As the argument got heated, Zeeshan, the owner of the restaurant , along with his staff attacked the two men with sticks, leaving them critically injured. Both were rushed to a hospital where Sunny succumbed to his injuries later in the night, while his cousin Babloo is undergoing treatment, police said.
Two cousins of the restaurant owner and a worker have been arrested and a hunt is on for Zeeshan, according to police.
In another shocking killing reported from Ballia district, a youth killed his father with a sharp weapon over a land related dispute. The incident took place in the Sikanderpur police station area late Sunday night. The police sent the body for autopsy and detained the son for interrogation.
According to the reports, 60-year-old Lallan Chaudhary, a resident of Ahirpurwa village of Bhati gram panchayat under Sikanderpur police station area, was murdered late on Sunday night by slitting his throat with a sharp weapon.
Lallan Chaudhary was sleeping at the door of his brother, Rampravesh Yadav’s house as usual and his elder son, Ajay Chaudhary, killed him by slitting his throat with a sharp weapon.
On Monday morning, the family members found Lallan Chaudhary lying dead in a pool of blood. The family members informed the police about this incident.
Superintendent of Police Durga Prasad Tiwari said that Lallan Chaudhary had made a land deed in the name of the wife of younger son Sanjay Chaudhary, due to which his elder son Ajay Chaudhary and his wife were angry.
According to Tiwari, the police have taken Ajay Chaudhary into custody and have also recovered the weapon used in the crime.