The body of an elderly watchman was found near the police booth in Lucknow’s Jankipuram police station area on Thursday afternoon.
The body of an elderly watchman was found near the police booth in Lucknow’s Jankipuram police station area on Thursday afternoon. It has come to light that he was killed by crushing his head with a brick. Police has sent the body for post-mortem. The relatives have said that some of his associates were behind the murder. With whom he drank alcohol while sitting at night. Police are looking for suspects.
The body of Buddha Lal (65), a resident of Kamalapur Bahramau in Sitapur, was found on Thursday afternoon. Buddha Lal Shukla was the watchman of Mridul Pandey, a bamboo-ball shop located near the square. He used to live with Saroj Kashyap in a room built in his own plot. In the investigation so far, it has come to the fore that there was a dispute between the two regarding drug addiction in the night. Thereafter he was murdered. More people are feared to be involved in the murder along with Saroj. Raids are being conducted in search of Saroj.
Liquor bottle and peanuts found near the dead body
The matter of killing the watchman by crushing his head with a brick has come to light. Blood spilled at the scene.
In the investigation of the police, liquor bottles, peanuts and tobacco pouches have been found near the spot. At the same time, a brick stained with blood has also been found at a distance. The police collected evidence on the spot along with the forensic team on Thursday afternoon and recorded the statements of the people around.
Neighbors did not know, 25 been working for years
Buddha Lal had been working as a watchman in Lucknow for about 25 years. His nephew Mohan reached the spot after getting information about the incident and identified him. He said that uncle had no dispute with anyone. At the same time, neighbors say that they must have had a dispute and beating with the killers, but no one even came to know about the incident.
