The police in a breakthrough unraveled a murder case that rocked the city two days back and accordingly arrested a woman in connection with the case. The accused identified as Swarna who confessed to her crime on Tuesday, said that she had no guilt whatsoever as I killed him to save my honour and dignity.
The accused, according to additional SP Bittu Sehgal, is daughter-in-law of the deceased, whose body was found in a pulse mill in Sajan Nagar locality of the city on January 2 of the current month.
According to ASP Bittu Sehgal and Sanyogitaganj TI Omkarsingh Bhadoria, following a tipoff, police had recovered body of the deceased Subhash Kukre from the premises of Jitendra Pulse Mill at Sajan Nagar in the morning of January 2, 2016. The deceased was working as a security guard in the pulse mill and he was living in the premises of pulse mill along with his family. At the time of incident, the deceased’s daughter-in-law Swarna and her daughter Pihu were there. However, police initially suspected involvement of some other person of the pulse mill in the murder case.
ASP said it was only after interrogation of Swarna that she confessed to her crime. Recalling the incident, Swarna who happens to be daughter-in-law of the deceased, said that in the night of January 1, she had gone to office of the mill to make a telephonic call to her sister laxmi. However, her father-in-law who was on duty inside the office tried to misbehave and molest her despite her resistance. Though initially I tried to convince him to stay away from her but the latter did not relent. Subsequently, in order to save my chastity, I picked up an iron hammer from nearby and hit his forehead repeatedly 5-6 times, Swarna said adding that seeing her father-in-law falling on the ground, she came out of the office. As directed by Swarna, police recovered the hammer from a water tank inside the pulse mill.
Talking to media persons here on Tuesday, Swarna said that it was not first time that her father-in-law was keeping a lecherous eyes on her. In fact he always looked for an opportunity to molest her physically but she always rejected latter’s sexual advances. Swarna said she did not have any guilt for her crime and as such, her daughter is her only concern. According to police, Swarna was living with her husband on the premises of pulse mill.