MP: Man beheads brother-in-law; surrenders with severed head; sister's body also found hanging
Jabalpur, Mar 11: A 35-year-old man allegedly beheaded a man who had eloped with his sister and surrendered at a police station with the severed head in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur city on Thursday. The accused's sister was also found dead at his home during the day, police said.
Mintoo Shivram Shukla alias Dheeraj turned up at Tilwara police station carrying a sack containing the severed head of the victim Vijet Kashyap (32), the official said.
The accused revealed that he had beheaded Kashyap in a fit of rage, as the latter had eloped with his 19-year-old sister Pooja three months ago, inspector Satish Patel of Tilwara police station said.
The accused told the police that Kashyap and his sister had gotten married and returned home some time ago, he said.
The police have recovered the victim's headless body from a field in Ramnagra area, after the accused told them about the scene of crime, Patel said.
The accused's sister, meanwhile, was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his home in Garha locality of the city during the day, the official said.
The police are probing whether the accused had killed his sister as well or instigated her to commit suicide, he added.
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Three criminals involved in Gurdaspur grenade attack injured in encounter in UP
Pilibhit (UP) (PTI): Three criminals allegedly involved in a grenade attack in Gurdaspur were injured in an encounter with a joint team of Uttar Pradesh and Punjab police here early Monday, officials said.
The accused were identified as Gurvinder Singh (25), Virender Singh alias Ravi (23), and Jaspreet Singh alias Pratap Singh (18), all residents of Gurdaspur, police said.
The encounter took place in the Puranpur area here.
Amitabh Yash, Director General (Law and Order), Uttar Pradesh Police said the trio was involved in a grenade attack on a police checkpoint in Gurdaspur, Punjab.
"The three sustained serious injuries in the encounter and were immediately rushed to CHC Puranpur for treatment," he said.
Two AK-47 rifles, two Glock pistols, and a huge cache of ammunition were seized from them, he said.
"The situation on the ground is under control and legal proceedings are underway," Yash said.
