Subhash Batham

A senior police officer in Uttar Pradesh has said he will adopt a one-year-old girl, the daughter of the man who was shot dead by police last week after he held hostage 23 children and his wife hostage at his house at a village in West UP's Farrukhabad district. His wife, who was thrashed by villagers after the incident, died later at a hospital.

The wife of the Uttar Pradesh man who held 23 children hostage at a birthday party has died of injuries after she was beaten and attacked with stones by neighbours. The man, Subhash Batham, had been shot dead by the police last night after a 10-hour standoff at a village in Farrukhabad.

A murder accused out on bail, who held his wife, his one-year-old daughter and over 20 children hostage in his house at a village in West Uttar Pradesh's Farrukhabad district, has been killed by the police, ending the 10-hour long stand off. All 23 children have been rescued.

A senior police officer in Uttar Pradesh has said he will adopt a one-year-old girl, the daughter of the man who was shot dead by police last week after he held hostage 23 children and his wife hostage at his house at a village in West UP's Farrukhabad district. His wife, who was thrashed by villagers after the incident, died later at a hospital.

The wife of the Uttar Pradesh man who held 23 children hostage at a birthday party has died of injuries after she was beaten and attacked with stones by neighbours. The man, Subhash Batham, had been shot dead by the police last night after a 10-hour standoff at a village in Farrukhabad.

A murder accused out on bail, who held his wife, his one-year-old daughter and over 20 children hostage in his house at a village in West Uttar Pradesh's Farrukhabad district, has been killed by the police, ending the 10-hour long stand off. All 23 children have been rescued.