Admin’s new theory: “Malihabad trio killed for supporting assailants’ rivals”

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Three people were killed in a village in Malihabad, India, due to personal enmity and suspicion about the victims' alleged support to the attackers' rivals..

The killing of three people in a Malihabad village here on Friday was the result of personal enmity arising from suspicion about the victims alleged support to another set of the attackers rivals, a senior district administration official said, coining a new theory on Saturday and citing the report that the Malihabad sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) has submitted to Lucknow district magistrate SP Gangwar.e)..

The SDM mentioned in the report that Tayyab Khans land partition application against Roshan Jahan and others, including the assailants group, was filed in the court of the SDM Malihabad on June 5, 2014..

An order was issued by the court concerned to maintain status quo on October 23, 2018, which was been followed since then. . In the meantime, Tayyab Khan approached the court of the SDM Malihabad for partition of the private land at Meethe Nagar village on January 24 this year..

After the Fridays killings, the Lucknow police registered a first information report (FIR) under the Indian Penal Code section 302 for murder and section 442 for criminal house trespass against Lallan Khan, his sons Faraz, Furqan and their driver Asharfi..