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Lucknow: In a shocking incident, two minors, allegedly angry over ‘corporal punishment’ by their teacher, hacked to death his (teacher) wife and two children in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district.
The accused barged into the rented house of the victims inside a mosque complex at Gangnauli in the district on Saturday afternoon, when the husband, identified as Mufti Ibrahim, was away, and perpetrated the crime.
The victims were identified as Mufti’s wife, Israna, and their two daughters, Sofia and Sumaiya, aged five and two, respectively. Israna was five months pregnant, reports said.
Sources said that Ibrahim was a religious teacher and taught the local children. The accused were also among the students who went to his classes. The accused also lived in the same locality.
Sources said that Ibrahim would often punish the students with sticks, which was not liked by the duo. The duo managed to get hold of a hammer and a knife and hit Israna repeatedly, killing her on the spot. They then murdered the two children.
The killings triggered outrage among the residents of the village, and they had a scuffle with the cops when the latter reached the spot. The police had used force to disperse the mob.
‘’The accused, both minors, have been arrested and the murder weapons have been recovered,’’ said a senior police official in Baghpat.