In an incident of hate crime, a Muslim man and his spouse have been allegedly beaten to death by their neighbour in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur district because the couple’s son had allegedly eloped with their Hindu neighbour’s daughter, police stated.
The victims, recognized as Abbas Ali, 55, and his spouse Kamrul Nisha, 53, died on the spot after the assault that came about in Rajepur village beneath Hargaon police station of the district at round 5pm on Friday (August 18), stated Sitapur superintendent of police (SP) Chakresh Mishra.
As per the SP, an FIR was registered by the police towards 5 accused particularly Shailendra Jaiswal, Rampal Jaiswal, Amarnath, Rampati and Pallu beneath a number of sections of the IPC together with 147, 148, 149, 302 and 352.
As per the cops, three accused recognized as Shailendra Jaiswal, Amarnath and Pallu have been arrested on Sunday from close to Rajepur crossing. The cops additionally recovered an iron pipe, a stick and two logs of eucalyptus from the arrested accused. A search was on to arrest the opposite two, Mishra stated.
In accordance to stories, the victims’ son Shaukat had kidnapped Rampal’s minor daughter in 2020. Subsequently, an FIR was lodged in the case. Shaukat was arrested and despatched to jail.
Thereafter, Rampal married his daughter. In June this yr, Shaukat once more allegedly eloped with Rampal’s daughter following which an FIR was lodged. Nonetheless, when the lady testified in favour of Shaukat earlier than the cops, the case was dropped.
Cops stated after just a few days of the incident, Shaukat was once more despatched to jail this yr in an outdated case pending towards him. He was launched on August 16 this yr.
In accordance to villagers, elopement of the lady with Shaukat on two events led to animosity between the 2 households. Villagers are taking care of three minor daughters of the deceased couple. Cops have been deployed in the village to keep away from any untoward incident in the wake of the couple’s homicide.