Budaun man kills 2 sons of neighbour, shot dead by cops in ‘encounter’ – Times of India

A Budaun salon proprietor, Mohd Sajid, 22, is alleged to have slit the throats of his neighbour Vinod Thakur’s two minor sons over a suspected financial dispute late on Tuesday night.As phrase of the incident unfold, it sparked communal pressure. A big crowd gathered and set retailers within the space ablaze. The mob caught maintain of Sajid and handed him over to police who claimed later within the night time that he had tried to run away and was fatally shot in an encounter.Sajid’s brother Javed, who’s alleged to have assisted him within the twin murders, is on the run.

Sajid is alleged to have gone to Thakur’s home, asking him for cash for medical therapy of his pregnant spouse. Thakur was not at house however requested his spouse, Sangeeta, who runs a beauty store and wonder parlour from her home, to provide him Rs 5,000, which she paid him. Within the meantime, Sajid is alleged to have taken the couple’s two sons, Ayush Pratap (13) and Ahaan Pratap, (6), to the roof and slit their throats. The third son, Piyush, 9, was additionally attacked however survived with minor accidents.

“I used to be downstairs when he took my brothers to the roof. Whereas coming down, he additionally attacked me, however I managed to flee,” Piyush recounted. The kids’s inconsolable mom mentioned, “I had no enmity with anybody and I don’t know why my sons have been killed by Sajid. Solely his brother Javed can inform the reality.”

In the meantime, police discovered throughout investigation that Sajid’s spouse was not pregnant, as he had claimed, and had been staying at her maternal home within the Binawar space for the previous 15 days. SSP Alok Priyadarshi mentioned that efforts are underway to find and apprehend Javed.Speaking to TOI, he mentioned, “Sajid and his brother Javed, residents of Alapur in Budaun, murdered the 2 minor siblings. The mob initially caught Sajid however he managed to flee earlier than police may arrest him. Our search workforce discovered him hiding in a forest space. When requested to give up, he opened fireplace. He was injured in retaliatory firing and thereafter taken to hospital, the place he died throughout therapy. Heavy power has been deployed within the space. Town is on alert mode and IG Bareilly zone, Rakesh Singh, is personally monitoring the regulation and order state of affairs.”