New Delhi: A middle-aged Muslim couple, Abbas and Kamrul Nisha, was reportedly beaten to death in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur on Friday (August 18), reportedly in retaliation for the fact that their son had eloped with a Hindu woman a few years ago.
According to The Indian Express, the woman’s family members, who are from the same village as the couple, are suspected to have carried out the attack. The police have arrested the woman’s brother, brother-in-law and a family friend, and are looking for her parents.
“We got information that there was a fight between the two sides and two people died. The police reached the spot and found that a couple aged around 50 years had been killed. Their neighbours told us that another family in the neighbourhood attacked the couple with iron rods. The couple died on the spot. We are getting the post-mortem done. A police force has been deployed in the villag,” Sitapur Superintendent of Police (SP) Chakresh Mishra said.
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