JHANSI: A man shot his
cousin and his wife in Lalitpur on Sunday morning, killing them on the spot. The accused and his cousin, who are serving life sentences in
Agra central Jail in a 2006 murder case, were out on one-month parole which was to finish on Sunday.
As per reports, the accused Bharat Pratap Niranjan (35) had some altercation with his cousin brother Ram Asrey Niranjan (38) on Sunday morning at their residence in Gandhi Nagar, Nai Basti in Lalitpur.
The altercation led to heated arguments, and in a fit of rage, Bharat shot at Ram Asrey and his wife Sunita (32), killing both of them on the spot.
Though police could not tell the exact motive behind the murder, it is being said that Bharat wanted to jump the parole while his brother was pursuing him to return to jail.
On getting the information, the police rushed to the spot and arrested Bharat and sent the bodies for the post-mortem examination. SP Lalitpur, MM Beg said that both the brothers were serving life imprisonment at Agra central jail and were out on parole. “We have lodged a fresh case against Bharat under section 302, 303, 452 of the IPC and arrested him”.