Police have arrested a couple in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal for allegedly torturing and murdering a 35-year-old man at their home with tools such as a screwdriver and pliers. According to victim Anish’s family, he went to the couple’s home to ask for repayment of a Rs 7 lakh loan they had taken from him.
Anish’s father, Mustakim, said he was murdered brutally. “They broke his hands and legs, stripped him. They called him to their home and murdered him,” he said.
Asked what could have led to the killing, Mustakim said Anish’s wedding had been finalised and he had gone to neighbour Bhure’s home to ask for Rs 7 lakh he lent him years back. “They killed my son so brutally that I cannot even describe,” he said.
The family members have said that an injured Anish somehow managed to escape from Bhure’s house and ran to his home, where he breathed his last.
Additional Superintendent of Police Rajesh Kumar Srivastava said police got information about Anish’s death late last night. “We are registering a murder case and further action will be taken.”
Police officers pointed to another angle. “Anish may have come to meet Bhure’s wife at night and the latter came to know of this and attacked him,” an officer said.
Police have taken Bhure and his wife into custody and are questioning them to get to the bottom of the matter.
Inputs by Satya Pal Singh