Baghpat, Aug 15 (IANS) A man in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpet killed his father and two sisters on Monday and fled after committing the crime.
The incident took place in Baraut town and the motive behind it is said to be a property dispute.
Circle Officer (CO) Yuvraj said that the deceased included Brijpal, 60, Jyoti, 24 and Anuradha, 17.
All the bodies have been sent for post-mortem.
The accused Amar also tried to harm his mother Shashibala when she tried to stop him. She has been injured in the incident.
According to reports, Amar was upset with his father because he wanted to sell family land and the father refused to sell the land because he needed it for the daughters' marriage.
The CO said that while investigation was underway, efforts were also on to arrest Amar at the earliest.
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The new leadership team, led by state chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, had called on the Chief Minister and submitted a letter listing out some issues as needing urgent settlement.
The bodies of Khare Besra, 75 and his wife Curki Devi, 70, were recovered from Baragarda jungle of Giridih. The old couple, residents of Kumharlalo panchayat, had gone into the jungle on Saturday but had not returned and other villagers had filed a missing report with police.
Chairing a high-level meeting to review the demands of the striking employees, he expressed concern over their continued agitation, which has severely impacted the functioning of various state government departments.
The opposition has been continuously attacking the government after it told the Parliament on July 20 that states have not reported any death due to oxygen during the second wave.
