A Double Murder, An Encounter, And No Motive Yet: The ‘Darkest Hours’ in the History of Badaun

A local barber, identified as 22-year-old Sajid, hacked two boys to death and critically injured a third in an axe attack in Baba Colony of UP’s Budaun district and was gunned down in an encounter hours later. Amid communal tensions in the area, everyone has one question — what was his motive?

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