Patna: A man and his pregnant wife were brutally murdered by their relatives over a land dispute. Rarely Rampur Village under Belsari police station Vaishali District on Saturday. Both were dragged from their house and stabbed several times. His throat was also strangled.
The victims have been identified as wholesale fruit trader Shashi Thakur (35) and his wife Sangeeta Devi (29). Sangeeta was in her fifth month of pregnancy. The couple had two younger sons who were inside the house when the incident happened around 6 am.
Police said a dispute over 22-katha ancestral land in Jarang Rampur village led to the twin murders. Shashi had filed a title suit in the court to claim his share of the land. Three of his close relatives, including Shashi’s cousin Harinarayan Thakur (40), were injured as they were attacked with sharp objects.
SHO of Vaishali police station quoting local people Sanjay Kumar He said that Shashi was the first to attack his relatives. “He was then attacked by his cousins and nephews, who eventually killed him and his wife by stabbing him several times and slitting his throat,” he said, adding that Sangeeta’s mother Ahilya Devi has lodged an FIR. FIR Against 17 members of Shashi’s family.
The SHO said the bodies were dumped in a small plot near Harinarayan’s house. He said, ‘Sunny Thakur, son of Harinarayan, is the main accused. He is evading arrest,” the SHO said.
The victims have been identified as wholesale fruit trader Shashi Thakur (35) and his wife Sangeeta Devi (29). Sangeeta was in her fifth month of pregnancy. The couple had two younger sons who were inside the house when the incident happened around 6 am.
Police said a dispute over 22-katha ancestral land in Jarang Rampur village led to the twin murders. Shashi had filed a title suit in the court to claim his share of the land. Three of his close relatives, including Shashi’s cousin Harinarayan Thakur (40), were injured as they were attacked with sharp objects.
SHO of Vaishali police station quoting local people Sanjay Kumar He said that Shashi was the first to attack his relatives. “He was then attacked by his cousins and nephews, who eventually killed him and his wife by stabbing him several times and slitting his throat,” he said, adding that Sangeeta’s mother Ahilya Devi has lodged an FIR. FIR Against 17 members of Shashi’s family.
The SHO said the bodies were dumped in a small plot near Harinarayan’s house. He said, ‘Sunny Thakur, son of Harinarayan, is the main accused. He is evading arrest,” the SHO said.
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