4 of family murdered in UP district

Lucknow, Oct 25 (UNI) Altogether four members of a jeweller's family were hacked to death by unidentified assailants with an intention of dacoity in Jalaun district late last night, police said today.

Police Superintendent of Jalaun Pramod Kumar said the crime took place at Sonai village in Ait area, where the miscreants stormed one Ram Bihari's house.

However, when the family objected their move, the unidentified miscreants attacked them with iron rods.

The attack was so forceful that three people died on the spot, while one succumbed on the way to hospital, the police informed.

Mr Kumar, meanwhile, suspected the hand of infamous 'Baawariya' gang in the heinous crime.

Efforts to nab the accused was on, he added.

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