Couple hacked to death, murderer still at large
Thursday, 03 AUGUST 2023 | PNS | RUDRAPUR
In latest Uttarakhand news, a couple was allegedly hacked to death in a ghastly double murder case that happened in Rudrapur town of Udham Singh Nagar district. It is learnt from the police officers privy to the investigation that an unidentified person barged into the couple’s house around 2 pm in the night and stabbed the couple with a sharp-edged weapon. As the mother of the deceased man tried to resist the murderer she was stabbed too. She was rushed to a private hospital and her condition was stated to be critical. Police further informed that the house where the double murder occurred is located at Transit Camp under ward number seven of the town. Upon receiving information of the murder, the local police rushed to the house and took the bodies in their custody. Investigation has started, police said, adding that a forensic team had been sent for. Police are now scrutinizing the CC TV camera footages to trace the murderer, though they are still clueless about the motive behind the double murder.