Scribe’s body found on highway

Sonbhadra SP Preetinder Singh said that the body of Kumar Kamlesh,33,of the Babhni area was found on a highway at Makra village. It bore injury marks in the head,face,chest,arms and legs. The SP said that the injuries did not appear to have been caused in an attack but the police were waiting for the postmortem report before arriving at a conclusion.

Pipri police station SHO Vijay Mal Yadav said that Kamlesh had a tattoo on his chest which read ‘Khoon ka Badla Khoon’. His brother,Arun Kumar,told the police that he had gotten the tattoo after the mysterious death of one of his brothers,whose body was found in a river two years ago. The cause of the brother’s death was never ascertained,he said.

The SHO added that Kamlesh had left home around 8 pm on Friday to visit his cousin Dev Kumar,who had lost his brother,in the Pipri area. He had taken a private bus from Babhni for Pipri.

The SHO said that Kamlesh’s family members had not lodged any complaint.

Youth kills parents

A man allegedly killed his elderly parents and set their bodies on fire outside their house in the Musajhag area of Budaun district on Saturday. The accused reportedly committed the crime over a monetary dispute.

The police reached the spot soon after the villagers informed them and doused the fire. But by then,all that remained of the victims was their legs.

Budaun SSP D K Chaudhary said that the police were searching for the accused,who alone could reveal how and why he had murdered the old couple. Chaudhary said that the bodies of Ram Chandra Sharma,65,and his wife Brahma Devi,60,were still burning when the police rushed to Simiria village around 5 am.

The couple’s only son Naresh Sharma,who is handicapped,was missing from the house along with his wife and six children. The villagers had,however,seen the old couple’s bodies set on fire.

It was revealed that Ram Chandra Sharma had recently sold 4 bighas of land and Naresh was demanding a share of the money. Since the old man did not comply,Naresh killed his parents,the SSP said.