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Mother-daughter Burnt alive
– Photo: Amar Ujala
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In Chahala village of Madauli panchayat of Maitha tehsil of Kanpur Dehat, mother and daughter were burnt alive inside the hut in front of a team of police and administrative officers who had reached to remove encroachment from the land of the village society. In an attempt to save both, the house owner and Rura Inspector also got scorched. Angry people started a ruckus accusing him of setting the fire.
Lekhpal was attacked with an ax and injured. Ran the team of officers. Seeing the anger of the crowd, other members of the team ran away. Later, angry people did not allow the dead bodies to be raised, demanding that 10 people of the village including the SDM, Rura Inspector, Tehsildar and Lekhpal be registered a murder report. Till late night, the Divisional Commissioner and IG, DM were busy in convincing the people.
On Monday, some people of Madauli village complained to DM Neha Jain in Jansuwai about the encroachment of Krishna Gopal Dixit alias Raghav of the village on the land of the village society. On this the DM instructed the SDM to take action. SDM Maitha reached the spot at 3 pm along with Dnyaneshwar Prasad, Lekhpal Ashok, Revenue and Rura Inspector.
The Revenue Department team started removing the possession from the bulldozer. Then suddenly a fire broke out in Krishna Gopal’s hut built there. Krishna Gopal’s wife Pramila (54) and daughter Shiva (22), who were present in the house, were trapped in the flames. Krishna Gopal and Rura Inspector Dinesh Gautam, who ran to save him, got scorched. Meanwhile, angry family and villagers started a ruckus due to burning of mother-daughter alive.
