A heart-wrenching case has come to light in Sultanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. The blood-stained bodies of a government teacher and his wife were found in Kumbhi Dadia village of Kadipur Kotwali area on the morning of September 29. The deceased have been identified as Mukesh Singh (45) and his wife Vinita Singh (43). Mukesh Singh was working as the principal of the composite school in Khanuhat, while his wife ran the Manraji educational institute in the village itself. As soon as the incident was reported, there was a stir in the police department and senior officers reached the spot.
Bodies and weapons found in school premises
The incident came to light around 7 am on Tuesday when the driver of the school van, Rakesh Yadav, reached the premises to collect the keys of the vehicle. He found Vinita Singh’s body lying in a pool of blood in a room of the school. A blood-stained shovel was lying next to them. Nearby villagers immediately gathered at the spot when the driver raised an alarm. During the investigation, the body of Mukesh Singh was also found about 150 meters away from Vinita’s body. The police have seized sharp weapons like shovels, axes and knives from the spot, which were used in the incident.
Investigations are underway to investigate both aspects of electoral rivalry and old grassroots rivalry.
According to the preliminary police investigation, the assailants first attacked Vinita inside the room. Mukesh Singh may have tried to run away to save his life, but the assailants chased him and surrounded him at some distance and killed him. Mukesh Singh was active in teacher politics for a long time and was the president of the Block Teachers’ Union. He was also a candidate in the election scheduled for September 30, which was postponed to September 28. Vinita Singh had earlier contested the district panchayat elections. The family also owns around 35 bighas of ancestral land. The police are taking the investigation forward keeping in mind both the aspects of electoral rivalry and old ground rivalry.
Police action and family status
As soon as the incident was reported, SP Vineet Jaiswal and CO Kadipur Vinay Gautam along with the police force and field unit reached the spot and collected evidence. The SP said that several special teams have been formed to unearth the case as soon as possible. Mukesh was the youngest of his three brothers. His only son, Abhyudaya, is studying at Delhi University, from whose head suddenly the shadow of his parents has risen. Since this double murder, there is a huge anger and panic in the entire village and the teaching class.
