A barber who allegedly murdered two children at their home in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun was shot dead in an encounter, police said on Wednesday. The brutal murder sparked tension in the city on Tuesday evening but the situation is under control now, they added. The man identified as Sajid ran a barbershop opposite the victims' house in Baba Colony and knew their father, Vinod. On Tuesday evening, he entered the house and asked the family for tea, police said. When they left the room, he climbed to the terrace where Vinod's three children Aayush (13), Ahaan (7) and Piyush (6) were playing.