Man axes uncle to death, injures daughters over family dispute

Kanpur: A man allegedly axed his uncle to death and injured his two minor daughters, mother and brother before setting the house on fire following a family dispute in Rendhar village of Jalaun district on Tuesday night.
The injured were rushed to the district hospital where doctors stated the condition of his brother to be critical and referred him to Jhansi Medical College.On being alerted, senior police officers and Rendhar SHO rushed to the spot and sent the body of the deceased, identified as Brijmohan, for postmortem. According to the police, the accused identified as Ved Prakash, had been living along with his uncle Brijmohan, mother Mulah Devi, brother Sangam and two minor daughters Shalu and Nandini in Rendhar village. He was married to one Reena for 15 years, but she had gone back to her parents’ home following a family dispute around three years ago.
On late Tuesday night, he was lying on a cot in the verandah after taking dinner when an argument began among family members over some issue. Thereafter, in a fit of rage, Ved attacked his uncle, mother, brother and his two minor daughters with an axe before they could run for cover. He then set the house on fire. On seeing the blaze and hearing shrieks, locals rushed to the spot and took out all the injured from the house before alerting the police. The police, along with fire department tenders, rushed to the spot. By then, Brijmohan had succumbed to his injuries.
Jalaun SP Dr Satish Kumar said that the incident was a fallout of some family dispute which is yet to ascertained. “We have lodged an FIR under section 302 (murder) and taken the accused Ved Prakash into custody. His interrogation is underway. We have also recovered an axe with blood stain marks on it, which he used to attack the family members. Ved’s brother Sangam has been referred to Jhansi Medical College. Further investigations continue,” informed the SP.