Shahjahanpur, 7 June (HS): Two

women were murdered in different police station areas of the district. Senior police

officials have instructed the police station heads to inspect the crime scene

and take strict action. In village Gunara of Jalalabad police station area,

Ajay Kumar murdered his wife Preeti (20) by slitting her throat with a sharp

weapon due to a domestic dispute late on Friday night and fled. Preeti's

blood-soaked body was found lying on a cot inside a room on the first floor of

the house.

The villagers informed the police about the incident. Additional

Superintendent of Police (Rural) Bhanware Diksha Arun, Circle Officer

Jalalabad, reached the village with the local police. The crime scene was

inspected. On the other hand, widow Kiran Devi (35) was murdered by hitting a

brick on the head in village Bhanpur Nibua Chak of Banda police station area at

around 11 pm late at night. The accused is Home Guard Pushpendra, a resident of

the neighboring village Padariya Dalelpur. There was a quarrel between the two

people first, after which the accused dragged the woman from the house to the

road and then killed her by hitting her with a brick lying there. The accused

absconded after the incident. There is a buzz in the village that there was a

love affair between the two. Superintendent of Police Rajesh Dwivedi reached

the village on Saturday morning and inspected the crime scene and gathered

information. Additional Superintendent of Police (Rural) Bhanware Diksha Arun

said that the bodies have been sent for post-mortem. The police is trying to

arrest the accused.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi