In Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun, a salon owner killed two children of his neighbour, resulting in tension in the region.
On Tuesday, Salon owner Mohd Sajid, 22, barged into the house of his neighbour contractor Vinod Thakur at around 8 pm and cut the throats of his sons Ayush (13) and Ahaan (6) with a sharp weapon.
Vindo’s third son Piyush was also attacked by Sajid but he received minor injuries and was hospitalised. Locals set shops on fire and demanded the immediate arrest of the accused soon after the incident. Later, the police killed Sajid in an encounter.
‘Today evening an unfortunate incident took place in which two children were killed. The police reached the spot and the accused tried to escape. We chased the accused. He fired at the police and was killed in retaliatory fire. The accused died on the spot. The police are investigating the case’, said Bareilly Inspector-General of Police Rakesh Kumar.
The accused had a salon shop in the Baba colony of Badaun city. The reason for the brutal murder of two children remains unknown. The father of the deceased has said that there were two people involved in the murder and they are still unaware as to why this incident happened.
“In the FIR, the family of the deceased children has also named the brother, Javed of the accused. Teams are working to find him and he will be arrested soon. According to the family, the accused had demanded ₹5,000 from the father of the deceased children,” the SSP Badaun.
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