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Man shoots two sisters dead in Uttarakhand before Raksha Bandhan
A man allegedly killed his two sisters in Uttarakhand's Udham Singh Nagar district on Saturday, just days before the festival of Raksha Bandhan. The accused, Vivek Kumar, first went to the home…
A man allegedly killed his two sisters in Uttarakhand's Udham Singh Nagar district on Saturday, just days before the festival of Raksha Bandhan. The accused, Vivek Kumar, first went to the home of his sister Pushpa in Gangnahar area and shot her, police said.
He then proceeded to the house of his other sister, whose name has not been released, and killed her as well. Police have arrested Vivek Kumar and recovered the weapon used in the crime. The murders have shocked the local community in the run-up to the festival that celebrates the brother-sister bond.
The bodies have been sent for postmortem examination. Police are investigating the motive behind the killings. Raksha Bandhan is set to be observed on 19 August this year.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Raksha Bandhan, the festival where sisters tie a sacred thread on their brothers' wrists symbolising protection, falls on 19 August this year. The timing of this killing has drawn sharp attention to the gap between ritual promise and reality in domestic violence cases. Uttarakhand police recorded 1,407 cases of crimes against women in 2023, according to state crime bureau data. Gangnahar, a village in Udham Singh Nagar district, lies near the border with Nepal, an area with known small-arms proliferation. The accused used a licensed firearm, which under the Arms Act of 1959 requires the district magistrate to revoke or suspend the licence upon a charge of murder. The court will hear the bail application of the accused, Vivek Kumar, likely within the week.
Source: ndtv.com
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