Date 2 February 2024… Place Mahilabad area of Lucknow, the capital of UP… The house of Farid Khan, who lives here, suddenly echoed with the sound of bullets. Something had happened in this house, which hardly anyone could have imagined. Here three people of the same family were shot dead, that too just for a piece of land. The murderer was a relative of the family and his son. The surprising thing was that one of the two people who committed this murder was 70 years old. Not only this, he has also been an old history-sheeter. An elderly history-sheeter with a white beard and moustache, who till yesterday was probably known only to the Lucknow Police and a few select people, today the whole country has started knowing him. The accused history-sheeter and his son are currently absconding but the police is also trying its best to search for them. Who is that history-sheeter old man who committed the triple murder in Lucknow? Let us know in detail…
Lucknow’s 70 year old murderer Lallan Khan alias Gabbar Khan has a long association with the world of crime. Now his name has again cropped up in the world of crime. According to news reports, Lallan Khan is a resident of Kakori area. More than 24 cases were registered against him earlier. Lallan Khan was famous in Lucknow in the 80s. He rode a horse and called himself Gabbar Khan. When the house of Lallan alias Gabbar Singh was raided around the year 1985 in connection with a case, many weapons were found in his house. He had several weapons on one license. Besides, many illegal weapons were also found with him. It is said that Lallan has been fond of weapons since the beginning. At that time, during the raid, 30 Mausers were recovered from Lallan’s house. The weapons that the police had recovered from the house in Chowki area were spread on the carpet and Lallan Khan was made to sit and his photograph was also taken. Lallan Khan, a resident of Malihabad, has three sons, out of which two sons have settled in Poland. At the same time, the third son Siraj is the one who supported his father in the Lucknow massacre.
The latest case is of February 2. Lallan brutally shot and killed his own relatives along with his son. Then fled from the spot. But his act was captured in CCTV camera. When the police started investigation after this murder, many questions came to their mind. Actually, Lallan had a license for the telescopic rifle he used at the time of the murder. The police were surprised as to how Lallan Khan got the licensed rifle despite so many cases being registered. Not only this, his license also kept getting renewed. His passport is also valid. So how did his passport get made, the police is investigating all these questions thoroughly.
Why and how was the crime committed?
The houses of Farid Khan and Lallan Khan, residents of Mohammadnagar village of Malihabad, are nearby. In relation both of them look like uncle and nephew. But there was a dispute going on between the two for many years over a piece of land. This land dispute even reached the police and court. But no solution was found. The result was that the enmity between the two families increased with time. Because the price of that piece of land is around Rs 4 crore. Farid said that most of this land was his. Whereas, Lallan said that he has more land in his share. Only a large part of the land could not be divided between the two families. Like every day, on the morning of 2 February, the accountant was once again called to measure the land.
At the time of measurement, Farid Khan, his elder brother Munir Ahmed, their uncle history-sheeter Lallan Khan and his son were also present. During that time there was an argument again and Farid and Lallan started fighting among themselves. But somehow the accountant pacified both of them. Said that the land would be measured some other day. Both the families also returned to their respective homes. But at that time Lallan was so angry that he came to Farid’s house with his son Siraj and some other friends. Father and son had licensed rifles. The accused had reached Farid’s house in a Thar car. As soon as they reached there, the father and son started abusing Farid and calling him out of the house. Farid was present inside the house at that time. Whereas, the women of the family were outside the house. Lallan also started arguing with women. During the argument, Lallan shot Farid’s wife Farheen with a rifle. One bullet also hit Farheen’s son Halda. Hearing the sound of the bullet, Farid’s elder brother Munir Ahmed alias Taj came out running from inside the house. Before he could understand anything, Lallan standing in front opened fire on Munir also. Then both the father and son fled from the spot because people from nearby started coming there after hearing the sound of gunshots. The father and son were afraid that people might see them.
Farid narrowly escaped this fate.
Then suddenly Farid also came out. If Farid had come out first, perhaps Lallan would have shot him too. Hearing the sound of gunshots from the house, people nearby also reached Farid’s house. All three people covered in blood were taken to the hospital. In Malihabad CHC, the doctors declared Halda dead. But Farheen and Munir were still breathing. The doctors immediately referred both of them to Lucknow Trauma Center. But both of them died on the way. In this way, the lives of three people of the same family ended in a moment.
Father-son’s old connection with crime
After the incident, Farid informed the police. Police reached the spot and took stock of the incident. Saw that a CCTV camera was installed there. When the CCTV camera was searched, the murderers were seen in it. The police were also surprised as to how a 70 year old man was firing fearlessly with a rifle. Along with Lallan and his son, some others were also seen on camera. These people had come there along with Lallan. The police have arrested some of these people. Whereas, the search for the rest is going on. The Thar vehicle in which these people had come has been recovered by the police. At present, several police teams are busy searching for the absconding accused. Police say that he will be arrested soon. The dead bodies have been handed over to their families after post-mortem. On the other hand, due to this incident of triple murder, there is a scene of fear in the entire Lucknow. It is being told that not only Lallan is a history-sheeter, his son also has connections with crime. Because before this, accused Lallan’s blind brother Sagir had also died in the house under suspicious circumstances before he was shot. At that time it was said that Sagir had been murdered, which was done by none other than Lallan’s son.