Uttar Pradesh: Two Children Brutally Murdered in Badaun, Accused Killed in Police Encounter

A barber who allegedly killed two children at their home in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun was shot dead in an encounter, police said on Wednesday.

Badaun (Uttar Pradesh): In a shocking incident of double murder, two children were brutally murdered on Tuesday evening in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun by a barber, who was later shot dead by the police, officials said. The incident took place in Baba Colony when the two children were playing on the terrace of a residential building.

"Today evening an unfortunate incident took place in which two children were killed. The police reached the spot and the accused tried to escape. We chased the accused. He fired at the police and was killed in retaliatory fire. The accused died on the spot. The police are investigating the case," Bareilly Inspector-General of Police Rakesh Kumar said.

The IG said that the children were playing on the terrace when the accused came, waited for some time and then went up to the terrace and killed them by slitting their necks with a sharp weapon. The accused has been identified as Sajid, aged between 25-30, who ran a salon at a distance of about 150 meters from Chowki Mandi Committee of Police Station Civil Line area.

The double-murder caused shock and rage among the locals, who set the shop of the accused on fire. In the meantime, police launched a search operation and shot dead the accused Sajid.

Police investigation has revealed that the accused used to often visit the house of the victims. On the day of the incident, he came home to have tea saying he had a headache, police said. Police said that the accused went to the house of the victims where he demanded Rs 5,000 from the children's mother for the delivery of his wife.

However, the accused went to the terrace and killed two children and injured the third, said police. According to the children's mother, the accused's brother Javed was outside the house during the incident. When the grandmother raised an alarm, the accused ran away, police said.

Police have also named the accused Javed, who remains absconding in the case.

A heavy police force has been deployed at the Baba colony located near the Mandi Samiti outpost amid locals' protest against the ghastly double-murder. Badaun District Magistrate (DM) Manoj Kumar said that some people got agitated after the incident and they have been asked to maintain peace.

"We received information this evening that at Baba colony near the Mandi Samiti police outpost, a man entered a house and murdered two young children. After the incident, some people got agitated. The people have been asked to maintain peace. The bodies have been sent for postmortem. We have assured them that an investigation will be carried out," Kumar said.

The DM said the children were aged around 11 and 6 years. When asked about the motive behind the murders, Kumar said, "The reason for the murder is not clear yet. It will be found out during the investigation."

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