Double murder of minor brothers leads to communal tension in UP’s Budaun

As per the complaint, Sajid went to the house of Vinod Singh Thakur, a contractor by profession, at 7.45 pm on Tuesday. The incident occurred when their father was away while their mother was at the parlour. All the three boys were at home with their paternal grandmother, police said.According to police, Sajid, who often used to buy some goods for the salon from Sangeeta, asked her for some clips and asked to lend him Rs 5,000 for the treatment of his pregnant wife.Sangeeta is said to have given the amount after consulting her husband and when she had gone inside the house to make tea, the accused had went to the third floor and had asked one of the boys to bring him water. As Piyush left to take water, Sajid attacked Ayush and Ayaan with a sharp-edged weapon, slitting their throats, police said.Piyush upon returning with water was attacked by Sajid but had managed to escape with minor injuries. He screamed and alerted the family. As the family raised an alarm, Sajid fled the house shouting that he had completed his task.At about 10 pm, Sajid was gunned down in the Shekhupur area, about 7 km from the victims’ house.However, following the boys’ killing, mob vandalised Sajid’s shop and set it ablaze.



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