BAREILLY: A three-year-old girl and her 55-year-old grandmother were bludgeoned to death while they were asleep allegedly by the child's maternal grandfather and uncle to avenge a decade-old grudge.
The gruesome crime took place when Geeta Devi was asleep with her granddaughter Kalpana at their residence in Hayat Nagar village in Budaun district on Friday night. Police said the accused were upset since the child's parents had married against their wishes about 10 years ago.
Geeta Devi's husband, Ramnath, who goes by his first name only, was away for some work. In his police complaint, Ramnath claimed that Kalpana's maternal grandfather and her uncle were involved in the murders. An FIR was registered under sections of murder, and a team was formed to apprehend the accused.
SHO (Alapur) Dhananjay Singh told TOI: "Ramnath and Prempal are from the same community. Prempal's daughter Asha Devi had eloped with Ramnath's son Vijay Kumar. The couple is now living in Chennai, where they work as skilled labourers. Their daughter Kalpana was living with her grandmother since she was six months old. Prima facie, it appears the murders were committed to take revenge for the ‘insult'."