A jilted lover hacked a girl to death and later committed suicide in Kaushambhi. The sensational incident was reported on Saturday morning.

Reports said that Chhotu (25), hailing from Fatehpur district, used to visit his relative’s house at Syed Sarai hamlet of Charwa in Kaushambhi. During his stay, he fell in love with one Jyoti, who was also his distant relative and living in the same house. He tried to lure her and proposed to her for marriage. However, on Friday evening, when he reached his relative’s home, he was shocked to learn that the marriage of Jyoti was fixed somewhere else by her family members.

Annoyed over it, Chhotu stabbed the girl to death in the wee hours of Saturday and later hanged himself. A case has been registered and bodies were sent for the post-mortem examination.

Meanwhile, in another sensational case in Meerut, a man was killed while cash and other valuables were looted by unidentified miscreants.

Reports said that 65-year-old Jai Prakash, who retired from clerk’s post in Kisan Sewa Sahkari Samiti, was living with his family in Khandawali area of Kharkhauda in Meerut. On Friday night, when Prakash was all alone in the house, some unknown miscreants barged inside and strangled him to death.

According to Prakash’s son Satyendra, the miscreants, after killing his father, also looted Rs 5 lakh in cash and other valuables.  The news spread like wildfire and several of Samajwadi Party workers and leaders staged protest demanding the arrest of the accused. Local police later used force to disperse them and also arrested an SP leader, identified as Om Pal.