Lucknow: A 25-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death in a knife attack in Bhaluani town of Deoria district late Friday. Police have registered a named FIR against four residents.
The incident took place in Ward 13 of Gandhinagar locality around 9pm when the victim, Manish alias Monu Singh, was returning home.
Four men—China Ansari, Ambuj Vishwakarma, Jaikishun Yadav and Nagesh Yadav—intercepted Monu near the house of Pashupatinath Gaud and attacked him repeatedly with knives, according to the complaint filed by his brother Upendra Singh. Barhaj Circle Officer Ranjana Sachan said an FIR had been registered against the four named accused and police teams were conducting raids to arrest them. Police and senior officials reached the spot and tried to pacify the protesters. The blockade was lifted after the SP assured them of action.
The victim’s family has alleged that the accused operate a gang on social media under the name “Team 149” and had threatened to kill the entire family if they approached the police. The assailants fled after the attack. Family members rushed Monu to a hospital, but doctors declared him dead. Tension escalated after the postmortem, when the victim’s family and local residents protested at the medical college over a delay in handing over the body.