Lucknow:

An argument at a birthday party led to the death of a guest when two youths beat him up, under the Cantonment police station area, the police said.

According to the police, both the victim and accused were aged below 25 years.

The victim, identified as Nitin Prakash of Bhagwant Nagar, in the Nilmatha area, was invited to the party organised on the birthday of his friend, Monu Bose of the same locality on Thursday. He was invited along with his brother, Sachin Prakash.

Monu had also invited Nitin’s friend-turned-foe Ritik, of Durgapuri locality in the area, who along with his aides was attending the party.

While partying, Nitin ran into Ritik and started arguing, with Ritik’s aides ganging up. They caught Nitin, took him outside the venue, and attacked him with bricks.

“There were too many people but there was no one to help us. Ritik and his aides dragged Nitin outside the tent where the party was on and then they all attacked him with bricks. They pinned him down and smashed his head with bricks before fleeing the scene.”

“The elders rushed to the scene when they heard Nitin and me crying for help and Nitin was rushed to a hospital where he was pronounced dead,” Sachin said in the FIR.

Police have registered a case under IPC 302 (murder) in this connection.

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Etawah, UP:

Two minor sisters, aged four and seven years, were found dead with their throats slit in a village in UP on Sunday, police said.

The incident took place in Bahadurpur village under the Balrai police station area and it appears that someone close to the family murdered them, they said.

Senior Superintendent of Police Santosh Kumar said the bodies of Surbhi, 7, and Roshni, 4, daughters of one Jaiveer Singh, were found in separate rooms of their home in the evening.

Jaiveer, his wife, and their elder children were not present at home when the incident occurred, police said.

“No accused has been identified by the family yet. Prima facie, it appears that someone close to the family killed the sisters after finding them alone and fled the spot,” the officer said.

The bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination and an investigation has been launched.

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