Wholesale grain trader killed, wife shot at in Rae Bareli
LUCKNOW, July 2 -- A 45-year-old wholesale grain trader was murdered allegedly by unidentified assailants while he and his wife were sleeping on the rooftop of their house in a Rae Bareli village under Khiro police station limits on Monday night. The accused scaled the rear boundary wall of the house to gain access to the terrace, police said.
The accused also shot the trader's wife in the abdomen when she resisted after finding her husband in trouble. She suffered damage to her liver. She was rushed to the AIIMS, Rae Bareli, where she was operated upon, and is out of danger, police said.
"Initial probe has hinted at personal enmity," according to police authorities privy to the investigation.
Rae Bareli SP Yashveer Singh said the deceased was identified as Sukhdev Lodhi and his wife as Sarojini Devi (42).
Singh said the deceased's elder brother, Anand Pal Lodhi, had lodged an FIR against unidentified assailants under the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita sections 103 (1) (murder), 109 (2) (attempt to murder), and 333 (criminal house trespass)....
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