Ayodhya (UP): A drunken brawl between two cousins led to the murder of one of them at Bhuapur village in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya district on Sunday, the police said. The murderer Golu Mishra has been arrested. According to reports, the body of 35-year-old Pankaj Shukla was found on the premises of a temple under the Kumarganj police circle.
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A resident of Amethi, Pankaj visited his maternal uncle’s house in Bhuapur village. Ayodhya Superintendent of police, Shailesh Pandey, said that there was a drunken brawl between Pankaj and Golu on Saturday night when Pankaj thrashed his cousin. After the incident, when Pankaj was sleeping in a temple, Golu slit his throat with a sharp-edged weapon and ran away. When locals saw the body, they informed the police. On getting information, a police team rushed to the spot and sent him to a hospital where the doctors declared him brought dead. The police arrested Golu and recovered the sharp-edged used to commit the crime from his possession.