Badaun double murder case: Father of victims sets bike on fire, attempts self-immolation

The father of the victims in the double murder case in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun set his bike on fire and tried to immolate himself on Sunday (Mar 24), police said.

This comes after the father was reportedly upset that the police have not been able to ascertain the motive behind the killing of his two children by a barber in their house.

Father of the victims was ‘angry’

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According to the police, Vinod Kumar, the children’s father, after setting his bike on fire, tried to immolate himself but the law enforcement officials stopped him.

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Kumar’s two children, Ayush (12) and Ahaan (8) were killed, while his third child Yuvraj, 10, was admitted to hospital with serious wounds.

The shocking incident took place in Budaun’s Baba colony area on March 19.

Speaking about Kumar’s actions on Sunday, senior superintendent of police Alok Priyadarshi said the father of the victims was missing his children because of Holi and set his bike on fire in rage.

“Seeing their shoes, clothes and other festival items, he could not stop himself and set fire to his bike to vent his anger,” said Priyadarshi.

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Vinod’s mother Munni Devi, as per news agency PTI, said it’s been six days since she lost her grandchildren but the police were yet to come up with a motive behind the incident.

“It seems that the police are hiding something.”

About the Badaun double murder case

The accused in the case have been identified as Sajid and Javed, both barbers.

Sajid was killed in an encounter with police on the same day that he allegedly killed Kumar’s children.

Javed switched off his phone and tried to escape to Delhi but was arrested on Wednesday night (Mar 20) from Bareilly.

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He came back supposedly to surrender and was caught by the police at the Bareilly bus stand.

As per the post-mortem report, 14 stab wounds were found on Aayush's body and nine on his younger brother Ahaan, which totalled 23 stab wounds.

(With inputs from agencies)