Farrukhabad hostage horror takes ugly turn, wife of accused beaten to death by locals

Farrukhabad crisis has ended after nine hours of struggle as UP police managed to rescue 23 children from the captivity of the accused on Friday wee hours. The new ugly turn came into this horrifying case is that locals of Kasaria village have killed the wife of the accused, media reports said.

She passed away this morning after locals beaten her brutally and later accused wife was admitted to a local hospital in critical condition where doctors pronounced her dead.

Reportedly, her body has been sent for postmortem and the reason of her death would be revealed after the autopsy report.

The hostage drama began at Kasaria village in the afternoon when the accused named Subhash Batham invited children for his daughter’s birthday party. He kept children in his hostage for about eight hours on January 30.

The accused was killed by the police as the hostage situation ended and all 23 children were rescued safely by the cops.

At around 1:20 am UP Police organized a press conference and Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi told media about the operation, “The accused, identified as Subhash Batham was killed and there were about 23 children who were rescued safely.”