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Uttar Pradesh: Man hacks wife, daughter to death, detained

| @indiablooms | Aug 16, 2023, at 10:51 pm

A 19-year-old woman and her eight-month-old daughter were hacked to death by her husband allegedly over minor dispute in the Dataganj area of Badaun district here in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, police said here.

Inspector Dataganj Saurabh Singh said that Ajay Yadav alias Akhilesh Yadav, a resident of Budeli village, had a love marriage with Khusboo, a resident of Bihar, in Delhi two years back.

After marriage, Khusboo came to the village and started living with Ajay.

The couple had an eight-month-old daughter, Shrishti, he said.

He said according to the family members the couple was having a dispute for the past several days over Khusboo requesting to go to her parents house.

It is being said the couple once again had an argument over the same issue after which Ajay left for his farm, he said.

The Inspector said Ajay returned home around 6 am and hacked wife Khusboo and daughter Shrishti with an axe.

Superintendent of Police (City) along with Circle Officer (CO) Dataganj and the forensic team reached the spot and launched an investigation, he said.

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) OP Singh said that Ajay alias Akhilesh killed his wife and eight-month-old daughter with an axe.

" The accused has been taken into custody. Further action will be taken after lodging a case on the basis of the complaint of family members, " he said.

(With UNI inputs)

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