LUCKNOW, Dec. 28 -- Police have arrested two accused in connection with the gruesome murder of a father-son duo in Fatehpur Matinpur village under the Imliya Sultanpur area of Sitapur district, officials said on Sunday. Four other suspects involved in the incident, which occurred on Friday evening, are still absconding.

Chhote Khan alias Akhtar, 65, and his son Maisar Khan, 45, were first shot and then had their heads crushed with bricks, police said, terming the incident "extremely heinous" and premeditated.

According to police, Chhote Khan and Maisar were returning to their native village after securing bail from an SDM court when they were allegedly surrounded and attacked near the village panchayat building by villagers Ramu, his br...