17-year-old allegedly plotted the murder over a land dispute
LUCKNOW: Two days after the killing, police on Wednesday worked out a blind murder case where a watchman was stabbed 15 times to death while sleeping on a terrace in Mahigawa. Police said a family dispute over land took a deadly turn in Lucknow when a 17-year-old allegedly plotted the murder of his elder brother and agreed to pay Rs 88,000 to have him killed, police said. The victim, 30-year-old Satish Yadav, who worked as a watchman was asleep on the terrace of a house under construction in the Mahigwan area when four men allegedly reached the spot in the early hours of August 31 and attacked him with a knife and iron rods, police said.
Police said the younger brother, frustrated by the pressure and dispute, allegedly decided to eliminate Satish and approached his acquaintances for help. The murder was carried out when Satish was asleep, according to police. Three men have now been arrested and the minor has been taken into police protection, while another accused, identified as Balbir, remains wanted. The accused allegedly reached the construction site in Ganeshpur and attacked him repeatedly with a knife and iron rods before fleeing on motorcycles.
He was subsequently putting pressure on his father to sell more land belonging to his share, leading to repeated disagreements within the family,” the DCP said, Wednesday.
“Satish had received land from his maternal grandmother as ancestral/family property and had sold it earlier, spending the money on personal needs and other expenses.
The alleged motive was a long-running dispute within the family over property, according to DCP North Amit K Anand.