In Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun, a barber reportedly entered the residence of a man in Badaun’s Baba Colony and brutally attacked his two children on Tuesday evening. Hours after the incident, the accused, identified as 22-year-old Sajid, was killed in a police encounter after he attempted to escape and attacked the officers.
The accused who had recently inaugurated a barber shop in the area attacked three brothers– Ayush, 12, Ahaan alias Honey, 8, and Yuvraj, 10, with an axe, District Magistrate Manoj Kumar was quoted as saying by Deccan Herald.
The incident took place when the two children, aged around 11 and 6 years, were playing on the terrace of a building. The accused, identified as Sajid, came, and waited for some time before killing them, ANI quoted Bareilly inspector-general of police Rakesh Kumar as saying. The Indian Express identified the victims as Ayush and Honey, who were both brothers.
“Our team came to know about him and chased him. He was seen in the forest of Shekhupur. When our SOG and police station team reached there, he fired at them. In the retaliatory firing he received a bullet wound and died,” Singh said.
The IG said Sajid entered the house, met the boys’ grandmother, and went to the second floor where the boys were. After the incident, the boys’ family members and some local residents vandalised shops and damaged a motorcycle, he said.
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Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police Prashant Kumar said, “The incident took place at around 8.00 pm, when a person named Sajid entered a house located opposite to his shop, and attacked the children there. Two children were killed, while one child was injured. He (Sajid) fled from the spot.
“The police immediately acted, and cordoned him off. He also fired at the police, and in retaliatory firing by the police, he was injured, and later he died.”Kumar said the area is now peaceful and under the watch of IG Bareilly range RK Singh, ADG Bareilly zone, and Bareilly Divisional Commissioner.
“The incident took place due to personal enmity, and there is no communal angle to it. We are monitoring the situation, and our social media cell is also monitoring it,” he said. The DG said there was only one person involved in the attack, Sajid, and no other. It was earlier reported that there were two people involved in the attack.”As per information received at the headquarters, only one person was involved — Sajid,” Kumar said.
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