Barber Murdered two boys with axe in UP’s Badaun, shot dead

Sajid, a local barber, murdered two boys and critically injured a third in an axe attack on Tuesday evening in Baba Colony in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun. Police gunned him down in an encounter hours later.

Sajid entered a house and attacked three brothers named Ayush (12), Ahaan (8), and Yuvraj (10) with an axe. The attack killed Ayush and Ahaan, while rescuers rushed Yuvraj to a hospital with injuries.

Yuvraj, an eyewitness to the incident, asserted that two people entered the house and took his brothers to the terrace. Yuvraj was also attacked, but he pushed them and ran away.

Inspector General of Bareilly Range RK Singh informed PTI that police shot and killed 22-year-old Sajid in an encounter a few hours later.

PTI stated that after killing the boys, Sajid fled from the house, and police later discovered him wearing the same blood-stained clothes.

SSP Badaun Alok Priyadarshi said the deceased’s family has also named the accused’s brother, who is on the run.

The accused, Sajid, entered the house yesterday at around 7:30 pm and went to the terrace where the children were playing. He attacked the two children and murdered them. He then came down where the crowd tried to hold him back, but he escaped. Police teams swung into action when they got to know that the accused had escaped. The accused fired at the police and was killed in retaliatory fire. The murder weapon and the revolver have been recovered. In the FIR, the family of the deceased children has also named the brother, Javed, of the accused. Teams are working to find him, and he will be arrested soon. According to the family, the accused had demanded ₹5,000 from the father of the deceased children,

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