In a shocking incident, a 20-year-old boy allegedly killed his grandparents over being refused money to buy liquor in a village in Budaun and hid the bodies in two separate rooms, police said on Sunday.
Himesh, the accused, who lived with his grandparents in Delhi was said to be a liquor addict. According to police, the accused killed the elderly couple on June 22 in Damri village in Budaun where they had arrived for a wedding.
The police recovered the partially decomposed bodies and sent them for autopsy.
The bodies of Premshankar (65) and Bhawan Devi (60) were recovered from the locked houses of their sons in Damri village under Faizganj police station limits, SP (Rural) Siddhartha Verma said.
According to a complaint lodged by one of the sons, his parents had come to the village with Himesh to attend a wedding. “Himesh is said to be a liquor addict and would fight with his family members for money to buy his daily dose. It has been alleged in the complaint that Himesh killed his grandparents following an argument over money to buy alcohol on June 22,” the SP said.
Meanwhile, in Rae Bareli, two youths slit the throat of his friend. Reports said that Lal Bahadur, a resident of Hatwa village, was sleeping at his house at around 11 pm on Saturday when some of his friends woke him up and took him with them to a secluded place about 300 metres away. They later offered him alcohol and when he got drunk, they slit his throat with a knife and fled the scene. However, Lal Bahadur regained consciousness and somehow returned home. His brothers took him to the CHC from where he was referred to KGMU Trauma Centre. A case was registered in this regard and a manhunt was launched for the accused.
Elsewhere in Kannauj, a man allegedly killed his wife and later committed suicide. The incident came to light on Sunday morning when the 3-year-old son went out and started crying after which villagers reached the scene and informed police.
Reports said that Ramswaroop, who is a resident of Srinagar village of Thana area, had married off his daughter Aarti six years ago with Shakti Singh of Sugandh Nagar village of Jaswant Nagar in Etawah. The couple would fight off and on over domestic issues. About a fortnight back, Aarti went with her brother Guddu to her house and also took her son Shiva. On June 23, Shakti also reachere there. The in-laws asked him to stay in a separate house and take Aarti along with him after a few days.
On Sunday morning, when Shiva started crying, Aarti’s parents and neighbours reached the scene and found her lying dead in a pool of blood. Later, Shakti’s body was also found hanging from a tree in the courtyard of the house. Police suspected that Shakti first killed Aarti and then committed suicide. A case was registered in this connection and the police are waiting for the autopsy report.
