TWO MEN LYNCHED AFTER BOY SHOT AT IN AMETHI

LUCKNOW : A mob lynched two men after they allegedly shot at a 12-year-old boy in Saraiya village in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi district late on Saturday night.

Superintendent of police (SP) Amethi Anurag Arya said the deceased were identified as Dilip Yadav (29) and Rahul Singh (32), while the injured boy was identified as Sumit Kumar. He said the two bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination while the boy, who suffered bullet wounds, is undergoing treatment at a local community health centre.

He said the boy’s father had lodged an FIR of attempt to murder against the two deceased while a cross FIR of murder was registered against unidentified villagers on the complaint of the family members of the deceased. He said further probe in the matter is on and arrest would be made after identifying people involved in the incident.

They allegedly opened fire with an illegal firearm at around 8.30 pm on Saturday. In the firing, the boy suffered bullet wound in his leg and started bleeding profusely, said police.

Following the gunshot, dozens of people who were present at a temple near the spot where Bhagwat Paath was going on, surrounded the two men and thrashed them brutally with rods and canes, causing fatal injuries.

The police said the two injured men were rushed to a CHC in Musafirkhana where they died during treatment. HTC