Unidentified miscreants attack family, vandalise house in Uttar Pradesh

A family was brutally assaulted by unidentified miscreants in UP's Jaunpur. The latter who came for the head of the family, injured everyone, and vandalised the house before storming away from the place.

Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh):A group of unidentified miscreants, for reasons unknown, attacked a family and ransacked their house in Jaunpur on Monday.

According to sources, the miscreants enquired the whereabouts of the 'head of the family', 54-year-old Alamgir Ahmed, who at that time was offering namaz at a nearby mosque.

Unable to elicit proper information, the miscreants attacked the family members with sticks/iron rods and later vandalised the place, before marching off from the house.

Ahmed's wife - Kitabun Nishan, sons- Anshar Ahmed, Abu Shema and daughter - Haqiqun Nisha, were grievously injured and were shifted to a nearby hospital. All their condition, except for Anshar Ahmed, is said to be stable.

Anshar Ahmed, who received multiple injuries, was transferred to a private hospital for according better treatment.

Speaking to ETV Bharat, a distressed Alamgir Ahmed said, "I had gone for prayers on Sunday night. Someone informed me that some unidentified miscreants have attacked my family members. I rushed to my house, but they were gone the moment I reached the house."

Meanwhile, the locals claimed that the family has had a long quarrel with someone from the same village.

A case has been registered in this regard and a search operation is on to nab the accused.