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Banda Property Dispute Turns Deadly as Man Sought in Mother, Brother Killings

Police launched a multi-team manhunt linked to a feud over the sale of ancestral land.

Overview

  • Police in Banda, Uttar Pradesh, began a hunt Sunday after the shooting left a mother, Shanti, and her younger son, Devidin, dead inside their Baberu home.
  • Officers said a long fight over ancestral land boiled over when the father sold a portion of the property without the accused's consent.
  • The suspect was named as Rajkishore Gupta in several police briefings, though some early reports used the surname Mishra.
  • Investigators said a licensed firearm was used, and forensic teams examined the scene before sending both bodies for postmortem.
  • The man remains on the run as four police teams search for him and a case is set to be filed, reflecting how land feuds in rural Uttar Pradesh often erupt into violence.