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- A nine-year-old boy, Saras Singh, was killed and his 16-year-old cousin critically injured when a group of men attacked them with sticks, iron rods and bricks near Bella Kanta Crossing in Pipraich, Gorakhpur, on Saturday evening.
- Police said the assault was retaliation for a complaint the family had lodged over the alleged harassment of a Class 11 female relative, and that the cousin was the primary target while Saras was fatally injured trying to intervene.
- Saras died at BRD Medical College around 2 am on Sunday, and additional police have been deployed in the area.
- The Pipraich station house officer has been attached to Police Lines over alleged inaction, and three teams are searching for the accused, who fled after the attack.
What to watch next
- Whether the three police teams arrest the accused, who fled after the attack
- CCTV footage and eyewitness statements being examined to fix each accused's role
- The critical condition of the injured cousin, Shiv Kumar
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Named India · BRD Medical College · Pipraich Community Health Centre · Saras Singh · Shiv Kumar · Anoop Singh · Bella Kanta Crossing · Gorakhpur · Jitendra Kumar · Kaustubh · Pipraich · Raju Singh · Vivek Trivedi
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