Imam’s wife and his two daughters were brutally murdered with a sharp weapon in a house built inside the mosque in Gangnauli village of Doghat police station area in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh. Bloody bodies of all three were found in a room, creating a sensation in the area. When the police tried to pick up the dead bodies, the angry crowd created a ruckus and assaulted the police.
After convincing the people, the police took possession of all three bodies and sent them for post-mortem. After the information, DIG Kalanidhi Naithani reached the spot and formed police teams to uncover the secret.
Stirred by triple murder
Ibrahim, a resident of Sunna village of Kandhla police station area of ​​Shamli district, has been the Imam in the Sheikh Wali Big Mosque in Gangnauli village for four years. Ibrahim lives in a room above the verandah in the mosque premises with his 30-year-old wife Israna, two-year-old daughter Sumaiya and five-year-old daughter Sophia.
Ibrahim’s wife Israna used to teach children at home. Ibrahim had gone to Deoband this morning. At 2.30 in the afternoon, when the children reached the Imam’s house in the mosque to study, when they saw the door of the room, they screamed. He ran downstairs in a dejected state.
When the children started making noise, the people nearby gathered in the mosque. Israna’s body was lying on the floor and the bloody bodies of the two girls were lying on a cot. All three were murdered with sharp weapons. The triple murder created a stir in the area.
Police arrived on information
After the information, SP Suraj Kumar Rai reached the spot with a large number of police forces and took information about the incident. When Imam Ibrahim was informed about the massacre, he asked to come to Gangnauli. On the other hand, when the police tried to pick up the three bodies, angry people created a ruckus and demanded the arrival of the Imam and the revelation of the incident. Amidst the tension, people even scuffled with the police.
After explanation, at around five o’clock the police took all three bodies into their custody. The police seized the DVRs of two CCTV cameras installed in the mosque. On the other hand, DIG Kalanidhi Naithani reached the spot and took information from the police and villagers. Imam Ibrahim reached home at around 5.30 pm, after which the police took him and the village watchman to the police station for questioning.
