In 2018, Awanish Sharma had lodged an FIR against the perpetrator on charges of molestation of his daughter. The perpetrator, Gaurav Sharma was out on bail since then. On Monday, the girl’s mother and aunt were in the temple where a quarrel took place between the families. Furious, Gaurav Sharma called some youth members of his family, and they shot Awanish Sharma multiple times until he died.
The daughter of the deceased man, Awanish Sharma told the media that six-seven people fired at her father’s temple as well as chest. The incident took place at around 4 p.m. in Maujpur village in Sasni, Uttar Pradesh on Monday.
The police said that during the altercation between the two families during puja in the temple, the perpetrator of the 2018 molestation case Gaurav Sharma and father Awanish Sharma reached the site and a heated argument sparked up between the two.
In a rage, Gaurav Sharma called the youth members from his family to the area and shot Awanish Sharma several times in his chest and temple, according to the police’s report.
Deceased Awanish Sharma’s daughter was in tears before the media begging for justice crying with folded hands, “Please give me justice, first he committed chedkhani with me. My father filed a case. And he shot my papa out of anger.”
As per the report, in 2018, Awanish Sharma had lodged an FIR against Gaurav Sharma on charges of molestation, said SP Hathras Vineet Jaiswal. In July that year, Gaurav was sent to jail and was released on bail after a month.
In a statement by SP Hathras Vineet Jaiswal, he said, “Awanish Sharma was shot by Gaurav Sharma and his friends.” Jaiswal said, “he was grievously injured and died on the way to the hospital.”
The victim’s family lodged a complaint and an FIR was registered against the four-named accused.
SP Hathras Vineet Jaiswal stated that they had formed teams to arrest the accused. “We will arrest them at the earliest and take the toughest action against all four,” he said.
The crime rate in Uttar Pradesh has been worrisome. In 2017, National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) released a report revealing that crime rates in Uttar Pradesh were 4,324, Bihar, 2,803, and Delhi 487 recording the highest numbers of murder cases in India.