Badaun Murder News: Violent protests erupted in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun on Tuesday evening after a man murdered two young children aged 11 and 6 years over an alleged family dispute. The accused, identified as Jawed, entered the house of Vinod Singh and attacked his two sons Ayush and Ahaan, who were playing on the terrace, with an ustraa (barber's razor), reported ANI. The incident took place in the city's Baba Colony, a few steps away from the Mandi Police Station. Accused Javed was killed in the encounter by the Uttar Pradesh police.
Both kids were stabbed multiple times
According to a report of Dainik Jagran, the neck of both children was slit with a knife and they were stabbed multiple times in the chest and stomach. Hearing the screams, the third brother of the boys, Piyush, came to the terrace to save them, however, Jawed attacked him too. After the incident, people vandalized Javed's shop and set fire to a Muslim grocery shop in the neighbourhood.
Senior Officials on the spot, paramilitary, PAC rushed
As soon as the news of spine-chilling double murder spread in the area, crowds of people came flocking to protest. Reports also suggest that the mob started sloganeering and pelting stones at the accused's shop while burning one other shop in the area.
Following the incident, police and administration teams were rushed to the Baba Colony area. Multiple paramilitary teams along with PAC companies were called in as a measure of precaution.
"We received information this evening that a man entered a house and murdered two young children aged 11 and 6 years. After this, there was an agitation amongst the people... The people have been asked to maintain peace and the bodies have been sent for postmortem... The reason for the murder is not clear yet..," said the District Magistrate of Badaun who reached the spot.
Accused killed in police encounter
Shortly after the incident, the Badaun police killed the accused Jawed during a chase. Sharing the details of the encounter, Bareilly IG Rakesh Kumar said:
"Today evening an unfortunate incident took place. The police reached the spot and the accused tried to escape. The accused fired at the police and was killed in retaliatory fire. The accused died on the spot... The accused is aged between 25-30."