Teen Murdered in Jaunpur: Land Dispute Turns Deadly | Varanasi News – Times of India

VARANASI: Tension gripped Kabiruddinpur village in Uttar Pradesh‘s Jaunpur district Wednesday morning when a 17-year-old boy was beheaded by his neighbours — who are also his relatives — in the wake of an almost three-decade-old property dispute pending in civil court for disposal.
The teen, Anurag Yadav alias Chhotu, was a rising taekwondo player and the only child of his parents. He was a student of Raj Inter College and had won a bronze medal in the Indo-Nepal international taekwondo competition and a silver medal in a national open taekwondo event at Noida in recent months.Some villagers trailed bloodstains spread over several hundred metres and reached a field where the boy’s beheaded body lay. The news spread like wildfire and hundreds of villagers gathered at the spot. Seeing Chhotu’s mother cry with his head in her lap was heart-wrenching.
A heavy police force was deployed in the village where district magistrate Dinesh Chandra and SP Ajay Pal Sharma camped for several hours to monitor the situation. The DM and SP ordered the suspension of a lekhpal, Jagdish Yadav, and a beat in-charge sub-inspector Harish Chandra in this connection, while action was recommended against revenue inspector Munnilal.
The DM also ordered a magisterial probe into the matter, fixing three days for report submission. He said neither the assailants nor those who provoked the targeting of the teen in this dispute would be spared. The SP said an FIR was registered based on a complaint by Chhotu’s family, adding that some suspects were detained for questioning and all accused would be arrested soon.
Officials said the families of Chhotu and the accused had been embroiled in property disputes since 1995. Besides property dispute, other angles were also being investigated. The body was sent for postmortem.
Timely police intervention and arrival of the DM and SP helped keep the situation under control. Both officials met Chhotu’s father, Ramjit Yadav, assuring him of strict action against the guilty and all necessary assistance.