Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 29 (HBTV): A class seven student was allegedly murdered in broad daylight in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri district on Friday in connection with a rivalry linked to a year-old murder case, officials said. The incident occurred in the forest area near Sirsaganj Road under the Dannahar police station limits, where the minor had gone to graze cattle.
According to police, the student had stepped out with his cattle when he was suddenly attacked by the accused from the same village. His younger brother, who was grazing cattle nearby, witnessed the assault and ran home to inform the family. By the time relatives reached the spot, the attackers had allegedly beheaded the victim with an axe and fled.
The murder has heightened tension in Jaramai village, where both families have been embroiled in a dispute since the killing of a young villager on January 17 this year. In that earlier case, an FIR for murder had been filed against seven members of the minor’s family, deepening hostility between the two sides.
A cousin of the deceased alleged that the attack was carried out purely out of vengeance. He claimed that the accused held a grudge due to the earlier murder case and killed the boy in a brutal manner.
The younger brother of the victim said he became frightened after witnessing the assault and ran home to alert the family.
Soon after the incident, SP City Mainpuri Arun Kumar Singh, along with CO City Santosh Kumar Singh and a police team, reached the spot. The body was recovered and sent to the mortuary behind the Bhagwati Rice Mill for post-mortem.
SP City Arun Kumar Singh confirmed that the killing was motivated by an old rivalry. He said that the weapon used, a Takora axe, had been recovered. He added that a named complaint had been received and a case had been registered against three accused individuals.
(ANI)