In a sensational murder reported from Meerut, the body of a police constable riddled with bullet was recovered from Falawda locality on Friday morning.
A country-made firearm and live cartridges were also found lying abandoned at some distance from where the body was lying.
The deceased constable was to get married later this month.
Senior police officers who rushed to the spot claimed that it appeared to be a suicide case. However, they did not rule out the possibility of it being a well-orchestrated murder.
The body was sent for post-mortem and further investigations are on.
Reports said that on information given to police control room, the cops recovered the body of a police constable, identified as Ankur (26) of 2015 batch. Ankur was on duty when he was found dead. He was attached to Falawda police station. On early Friday morning, his body was recovered from the field of one Dharamveer, in Mojipura hamlet.
Senior officers who rushed to the spot claimed that they were waiting for the constable’s family members to arrive to ascertain whether he was in depression over some family issue as his marriage was to be solemnised later this month. The cops are also looking into his mobile call records to find some motive behind the killing.
In another incident reported from Banda, a 16-year-old girl committed suicide almost a month after she was allegedly raped by a man of her village in Chitrakoot district.
She hanged herself from the ceiling fan in her room on Thursday night in Pahadi area, police station incharge Dinesh Singh said.
The girl was allegedly raped by a man from her village on December 15 last year. After her family lodged a complaint, an FIR was registered and the accused was arrested, Singh said.
The girl’s family alleged that the accused and his family were threatening to set her ablaze if the case was not withdrawn, he added.
An FIR under Section 306 (abetment of suicide) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered and investigation is underway, Singh disclosed.
In a separate incident, a woman was shot dead by her husband at their home in Jadoda village under Badgaon police station in Saharanpur district.
The deceased, identified as Nilima (28), wife of Sanjiv Kumar, was shot when she tried to stop her husband from having alcohol on Thursday evening, said SSP Saharanpur Dinesh Kumar. The accused used his licensed revolver in the crime, the SSP added.
A murder case was registered against Sanjiv, who is absconding, the SSP added.