Badaun Double-Murder: Magisterial Inquiry Ordered Into Encounter of Accused

Badaun: A day after the reports of gruesome double-murder in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun emerged, a magisterial inquiry has been ordered into the encounter of the accused in the case, Republic has learnt. The matter pertains to the brutal killing of two children by a man wielding a shaving razor. The accused had reportedly attacked the siblings – Ayush and Honey – while the duo was playing.

Additionally, the District Magistrate has given instructions to furnish an investigation report within 15 days.

How The Crime Took Place

A man who had recently opened a barber shop in the locality entered a house and attacked the brothers with a razor, District Magistrate Manoj Kumar said. The incident took place a few steps away from Mandi Police Post of Civil Lines Police Station. Hours later, the accused, identified as 22-year-old Sajid, was gunned down in an encounter, IG Bareilly range RK Singh told reporters. Sajid had decamped from the house after killing the boys, and was found wearing the same blood-soaked clothes when he was confronted by police, he said.

"Our team came to know about him and chased him. He was seen in the forest of Shekhupur. When our SOG and police station team reached there, he fired at them. In the retaliatory firing he received a bullet wound and died," Singh said.