VARANASI: Panic prevailed at Majhauli village under Haldharpur area in

when two girls stabbed a youth, few hundred meters away from his house, and fled the scene by seeking lift from a motorcycle rider on Tuesday.

The youth, who had qualified Bihar police recruitment exam, was declared brought dead at district hospital. Police lodged an FIR against two unidentified girls, said SP Mau Anurag Arya mentioning that the motive behind killing is not clear.

Reports stated that around 2.30pm, two girls reached the house of Ashok Yadav alias Jaggu (22) at Majhauli village under the limits of Haldharpur police station. As Ashok was not present at home, his elder brother Arjun’s wife Kusum met her. The duo showed many photographs of Ashok to Kusum and asked his whereabouts. They informed her that they had come to meet Ashok from Ratanpura area. Kusum took them inside her house and also called Arjun at home. The couple offered snacks and tea to them. Kusum said that the girls diverted the issue when she asked about the reason of their arrival.

After waiting for about half an hour, they left Ashok’s home. When Ashok returned home Kusum and Arjun informed him about the arrival of such girls. Ashok immediately left the home to search them. He found the duo moving along a canal about 200 mt away from his home. Villagers present at some distance on the opposite bank of canal informed police that after exchange of heated words, one of the girls, who had masked their faces, stabbed him with a knife.

Before the villagers could understand anything, the girl moved towards Ballia-Lucknow highway, where they stopped a motorcycle rider and requested to drop them up to their coaching institute, said police after their initial investigation. In the meantime some passersby noticed Ashok lying in a pool of blood along the canal when they raised alarm. Ashok’s family members rushed him to district hospital where doctors declared him brought dead.

SP Mau said that Ashok’s family could not reveal any reason behind his killing by the girls. He said that efforts have been intensified to nab the accused girls in this connection after sending the body for post-mortem.