Wife, Two Daughters Of Imam Brutally Murdered Inside Mosque Complex In UP

Uttar Pradesh: The wife and two minor daughters of a mosque imam were found brutally murdered with a sharp-edged weapon inside their residence within the mosque complex at Gangnauli village on Saturday in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district.

Police identified the victims as Israna (30), wife of Mohd Ibrahim, the imam of the village’s Badi Masjid (grand mosque), and their daughters Sofia (5) and Sumaiya (2).

Their blood-soaked bodies were discovered on a cot inside their quarters located in the mosque compound under the Doghat police station limits.

According to PTI, the imam was away in Deoband for work at the time of the crime. Locals found the bodies and alerted authorities, leading to a heavy police deployment after villagers gathered in protest over the killings.

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SP (Baghpat) Suraj Rai said preliminary investigation suggests that the victims were attacked with a sharp-edged weapon or blunt object by someone familiar with the family.

“The body of the cleric’s wife was found on the floor, while the two children’s bodies were on a cot. The perpetrator appears to have had access to the family. Several police teams have been formed to crack the case,” he told India Today, adding that the postmortem report is awaited.

DIG (Meerut Range) Kalanidhi Naithani inspected the crime scene along with senior officials and reviewed the investigation.

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Residents said Imam Ibrahim, a native of Sunna village in Muzaffarnagar, had been living with his family in Gangnauli for the past four years. His wife, Israna, was known to teach local children.