The police on Friday solved a murder case in which a 37-year old woman was brutally murdered in Nishatpura police station area four days ago.
The victim, Preeti Dixit, was found murdered on July 14 and during the investigation it was found that one Gufran was the last person who had talked to the victim before the murder. On this, the police rounded up Gufran and put him to sustained interrogation. later, he broke down and admitted to have committed the crime along with his associates.
He said that last year, he and his associates had constructed a part of victim's house and during the construction work they became acquainted with her. On July 14, Gufran informed the victim that they wanted to meet her and the four went to meet her.
Initially they offered to borrow Rs 1 lakh for expanding their business but victim was not assured from their proposal and refused to lend money to the accused. Failing to persuade her, they tried to convince her but she mustered courage and told that she would inform police. This angered the four and they strangulated her to death. After killing the victim they searched for the valuables and escaped the spot.
The four miscreants were identified as Gufran Khan (19), Amer Khan (19), Irfan Khan (24) and Kaleem (18). Police informed that the gold ornaments the miscreants had taken away from the house were later found as imitation jewellery.
The victim was found dead at her house in the afternoon when her children returned from the school. In the initial investigation it was found that the woman was strangulated to death. Her legs and hands were found tied. The miscreants were aware that the victim would be alone in the house in the afternoon. The victim is survived by her 13-year old daughter and 11-year old son. She was a member of the lions Club and used to run an NGO.