Three arrested for beating Muslim couple to death after their son elopes with Hindu girl in UP
Sitapur, Aug 20: Three people have been arrested here in Uttar Pradesh in connection with a double murder case, police said on Sunday.
On Friday, Abbas and his wife, Kamrul Nisha, were beaten to death with iron rods and sticks allegedly by their neighbours in Rajeypur village.
The arrests were made of Saturday, police said and added that the couple had died on the spot.
Superintendent of Police Chakresh Mishra said that a few years ago, Abbas's son had eloped with a hindu girl, following which a case had been registered and he was sent to jail.
He was released from jail a few days ago, and its suspected that it was then that the accused had planned to attack the family, the officer said.
On the Friday incident, Mishra said a case was registered against five people at the Hargaon police station. Three of them -- Shailendra Jaiswal, Pallu and Amarnath -- were arrested on Saturday, he said, adding that a search is underway for the others.
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Death toll from Israeli strikes in northeast Lebanon rises from 8 to 24, Lebanese news agency says
Deir al-Balah, Nov 1: Israeli airstrikes on Friday killed at least 24 people in northeastern Lebanon, the country's news agency said, raising the death toll from eight there.
It was the latest deadly toll in the area since the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah escalated last month.
Israel's military has said that its operation in Lebanon is targeting Hezbollah's military infrastructure.
Lebanon's state National news Agency reported four airstrikes in different villages across country's northeast, saying rescuers were still searching for survivors in Younine, a town in the Bekaa Valley, from the rubble of a targeted house.
Hussein Haj Hassan, a Lebanese lawmaker representing the region in Baalbek-Hermel region, said that 60,000 people have already fled their homes in the area due to Israeli bombardment.
