A sensational case of honour killing attempt has come to light in Meerut district.
It is learnt that a man was angry with his daughter's love affair and paid Rs 1 lakh supari for the murder of his own daughter.
In a filmi style plot he hatched to eliminate his daughter, a compounder reached the hospital and administered a poisonous injection to the girl and fled the spot. However, the girl was saved by the alert doctor.
The police arrested the accused father, the compounder and the staff nurse for their involvement in the murder plot and sent them to jail.
Reports said that a girl of Shivlok Puri in Kankarkheda area of Meerut was admitted to Kailash Hospital late on Friday night, It is said that the girl had gone to the terrace to collect clothes when monkeys attacked her and in panic, she jumped from the roof in fear of the monkeys. Immediately, she was admitted to Kailash Hospital for treatment. After first aid, she was admitted to Future Hospital in Pallavapuram.
Meanwhile, a compounder reportedly arrived there and administered an injection of potassium chloride to the girl. After the injection, the girl's condition worsened and doctors suspected that something was wrong. When they searched the CCTV footage, they saw a young man entering the ICU in the guise of a doctor and leaving the place soon after. Based on the CCTV footage, it was found that the young man was working as a compounder in another hospital.
The doctors immediately informed the police who subsequently arrested the accused compounder Ramesh. During interrogation, he told the police that the girl's father had given him a supari of Rs 1 lakh to kill her.
The accused father of the minor disclosed that his daughter was having an affair with a gym director hence he decided to kill her and hired the compounder and paid him Rs 1 lakh to kill his daughter.
Later, the Pallavapuram police arrested the father, the compounder and the staff nurse. An empty syringe, injection and Rs 90,000 were recovered from their possession.