Express News Service
LUCKNOW: Three members of a family were shot dead, apparently by their neighbours, over a land dispute in Mohiuddinpur village on Thursday night.
The deceased have been identified as Horilal (62), his daughter Brijkali (22) and her husband Shivsagar (26). The three persons were asleep outside their hut when they were shot dead.
Soon after the triple murder, the infuriated kin of the victims, accompanied by a few villagers, set two houses belonging to the family of suspects on fire.
The relatives of the victims informed the police that Horilal owned a piece of land at Panda Crossing in the village located in Kaushambi district. However, some others also claimed right over the property. Horilal constructed a shanty on the disputed land and was living there with his daughter and son-in-law, who used to run a Jan Sewa Kendra nearby.
According to local sources, after the triple murder, the relatives of Horilal and a few villagers torched the houses of the accused.
As per the preliminary inquiry, the disputed land was recently measured to arrive at a solution and the district police were in the process of filing a case in the matter.
Kaushambi happens to be the native district and electoral constituency of UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya.
According to Kaushambi Superintendent of Police (SP) Brajesh Kumar Srivastava, the police got the information about the incident at around 6 am on Friday, and a team reached the spot to take control of the situation. The fire was doused, and the situation was now under control.
He added that a contingent of police force was deployed in the area, and that the primary investigations indicated a property dispute between the two families as the primary reason for the triple murders.
While the three bodies were sent for autopsy, the district police chief constituted multiple teams to nab the four suspects whose names surfaced when the police questioned the villagers.
LUCKNOW: Three members of a family were shot dead, apparently by their neighbours, over a land dispute in Mohiuddinpur village on Thursday night.
The deceased have been identified as Horilal (62), his daughter Brijkali (22) and her husband Shivsagar (26). The three persons were asleep outside their hut when they were shot dead.
Soon after the triple murder, the infuriated kin of the victims, accompanied by a few villagers, set two houses belonging to the family of suspects on fire.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });
The relatives of the victims informed the police that Horilal owned a piece of land at Panda Crossing in the village located in Kaushambi district. However, some others also claimed right over the property. Horilal constructed a shanty on the disputed land and was living there with his daughter and son-in-law, who used to run a Jan Sewa Kendra nearby.
According to local sources, after the triple murder, the relatives of Horilal and a few villagers torched the houses of the accused.
As per the preliminary inquiry, the disputed land was recently measured to arrive at a solution and the district police were in the process of filing a case in the matter.
Kaushambi happens to be the native district and electoral constituency of UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya.
According to Kaushambi Superintendent of Police (SP) Brajesh Kumar Srivastava, the police got the information about the incident at around 6 am on Friday, and a team reached the spot to take control of the situation. The fire was doused, and the situation was now under control.
He added that a contingent of police force was deployed in the area, and that the primary investigations indicated a property dispute between the two families as the primary reason for the triple murders.
While the three bodies were sent for autopsy, the district police chief constituted multiple teams to nab the four suspects whose names surfaced when the police questioned the villagers.
