Throwing an open challenge before the law-enforcing agencies, local goons attacked a minor girl and her brother with sharp-edged weapons after being confronted for their amorous advances. The youth died while the girl was said to be battling for her life.

The sensational incident took place in Riyaz Colony under Thana Bhawan in Aligarh. Reports said that a 16-year-old girl was going to the village pond to call her brother who had gone fishing there on Monday evening.

On the way, she was intercepted by some local goons who molested her and attemped to rape her. In the meantime, her brother reached the scene and confronted the accused. They attacked the brother-sister duo with sharp-edged weapons and escaped after local villagers rushed to the victims’ rescue.

The villagers shifted both to a hospital where the youth was pronounced dead while the girl’s condition was said to be critical. The police registered a case in this connection and sent the body for autopsy.

They also claimed to have arrested two of the accused but denied reports of molestation. 

Meanwhile, in Agra, 12-year-old Dheeraj, who went missing on June 24 from Kasai village in Fatehabad area, was found murdered. Dheeraj’s  severed head was found lying in a millet field 300 meters away from his house on Monday. The family members suspected that he was murdered over an enmity.

Reports said that Dheeraj, son of farmer Gayadin, had left the house to play in the fields around 11 am on June 24. When he did not return till late evening, his family started searching for him. The next day, they lodged a case of his missing at the local police station. 

Around 7 pm on Monday, some local youth spotted Dheeraj’s tiffin lying in the millet field. They later spotted his severed head and bones of limbs lying at a distance. His slippers were also found nearby. SP Somendra Meena, who reached the scene, said that the boy was killed.

The motive for murder was not clear even though family members claimed that land dispute could have led to the killing.