A man allegedly attacked five members of his in-laws’ family with a sickle in Bheekampur village in Aung area of Fatehpur district around 2am on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday. Three of his nephews, his younger brother-in-law and the latter’s wife were seriously injured.
Villagers who gathered after hearing the screams caught the alleged attacker, Pawan Kumar, and beat him to death. Police and villagers searched a pond, fields and nearby forest areas amid suspicion that Raju might have been killed. She had begun staying at her parental home around nine years ago following frequent disputes with Pawan and later moved to Gujarat with a relative. SP Abhimanyu Manglik visited the spot and took stock of the situation. Pawan’s body was sent for postmortem examination and legal proceedings were being initiated.
The incident stemmed from a family dispute and police were also searching for Pawan’s elder brother-in-law, 55-year-old Raju, whom he had allegedly taken away from the village a few hours earlier. Because his wife had started living with Raju’s son-in-law, police said a preliminary inquiry indicated that Pawan was angry.
He took Raju with him on the pretext of showing him a girl for his son’s marriage, but returned alone around 9pm, according to police. He said the injured were being treated and police were searching for Raju. Reportedly, Pawan, a resident of Ashapur village, had gone to his in-laws’ house in Bheekampur on Wednesday evening.
He then had dinner with the family and went to sleep. Hearing the commotion, villagers gathered and overpowered Pawan. They allegedly thrashed him along with members of the family leading to his death due to injuries.
When Raju’s sons asked about their father, Pawan allegedly told them that Raju was in the village and that they would all go to see the girl the next morning.
