Following the chilling murder of two Hindu boys in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun committed on the night of March 19, the police arrested the second accused, Mohammad Javed, from Bareilly on March 21, two days after the brutal butchering. The other accused, Sajid, was shot in the police cross-firing and was declared dead. The victims, Ayush and Ahan, aka Honey, and their family knew the accused very well, and the day the duo Javed and Sajid came to the house to kill the minors, their mother offered them tea and also lent them a sum of Rs 5000.
On March 21, the autopsy report was made public, as per which there were as many as 23 stab wounds on the dead bodies of the two minors. As per the postmortem report, 14 blows to Ayush, and nine to his younger brother Ahan were found.
The details of the murder, as per the autopsy, establish that the duo were first attacked around their necks and then stabbed multiple times on their backs. There are also wounds on their legs, which suggests that the minors must have tried to escape only to be held back by the perpetrator.
Sajid was the one who had attacked the minor boys. Ayush and Ahan died to the attack while, Yuvraj managed to escape and was later admitted to the hospital.
News Agency ANI reported that the co-accused, Javed, has been brought to Budaun from Bareilly and is kept in custody at Ujhani police station. He is being questioned by SSP Alok Priyadarshi.
Based on the FIR lodged by Vinod Singh, the father of the minor accused Ayush and Ahan, the accused Sajid and Javed have been booked under sections for murder and attempted murder.
As mentioned before, the accused were neighbours of the victim’s family, and on the day of the attack, they came to meet the victim’s mother, Sangeeta, to borrow some money. In the meantime, he asked Sangeeta to prepare tea for them.
After getting into the house, Sajid asked Ayush to take him to his mother’s beauty salon upstairs. Upon reaching the second floor, Sajid allegedly switched off the lights before launching a vicious assault on Ayush with a knife. As Sajid slashed Ayush’s throat, his younger brother Ahan entered the room. Sajid then grabbed Ahan and stabbed him multiple times as well. Subsequently, he targeted their other sibling, Yuraj, though the seven-year-old managed to escape, sustaining minor injuries in the process.
After Sajid returned from the terrace where he killed the minors, he was carrying a shaving blade in his hand and was soaked in blood. He told Sangeeta, “I have done my work today.”
Following the massacre, Sajid, accompanied by his brother Javed who was waiting outside the house with a motorcycle, fled the scene. According to the police, when Sajid was caught, he fired at the cops and was killed in an encounter. A police personnel was also shot and has been admitted to hospital.
“This evening an unfortunate incident took place in which two children were killed. The police reached the spot and the accused tried to escape. We chased the accused. He fired at the police and was killed in retaliatory fire. The accused died on the spot. The police is investigating the case,” Bareilly Inspector-General of Police Rakesh Kumar said speaking to ANI.
Speaking about the muder, the IG said, “The children were playing on the terrace. The accused came, waited for some time and then went up to the terrace and killed them.”
When asked about the accused, Kumar said, “The accused is aged between 25-30. We will be disclosing their details after further investigation.”
Budaun District Magistrate (DM) Manoj Kumar said that some people got agitated after the incident and they have been asked to maintain peace.
“We received information this evening that at Baba colony near the Mandi Samiti police outpost, a man entered a house and murdered two young children. After the incident, some people got agitated..The people have been asked to maintain peace. The bodies have been sent for postmortem. We have assured them that an investigation will be carried out,” Kumar said.
