In a brutal killing reported from Saharanpur, a woman was murdered by contract killers allegedly hired by her brother-in-law.
The police have arrested the accused brother-in-law and the killers and sent them to jail on Sunday.
According to reports, the victim’s brother-in-law is accused of having illicit relations with her. When he heard that his sister-in-law was getting married, he initially planned to kidnap her. However, later he decided to kill her for which he hired killers from different states.
The incident took place in Chalakpur village under Chilkana police station of Saharanpur on October 25, where a 20-year-old girl, Mahakara, was murdered. She was attacked with a knife and then shot dead.
The police received information that about six people had entered the house and committed the murder. During the investigation, the police found many important clues.
Electronic surveillance was used to connect all the links in the case. Based on these clues, the police took Mahakara’s brother-in-law, Tauqeer, into custody on Saturday evening. During interrogation, Tauqeer confessed to planning Mahakara’s murder.
Tauqeer was deeply in love with Mahakara and upon learning about her marriage, he lost control. Tauqeer hired criminals from Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and sought their help in planning the murder. Initially, he intended to kidnap Mahakara and gave a Rs 3-lakh contract to the criminals for this purpose. He had also sent an advance payment to the shooter’s bank account. However, on October 25, the brother-in-law, along with the criminals, went to Mahakara’s house and killed her.
Meanwhile, a rape victim tried to set herself on fire during a grievance redressal programme in Meerut on Saturday, a senior official said.
Senior Superintendent of Police Rohit Singh Sajwan said the woman and her family came to the Sampoorna Samadhan Diwas in Sardhana, carrying inflammable substances with them and demanded the arrest of the accused in the rape case. The inflammable substance was taken away from the family by the police and they were assured of appropriate action in the case, he said.
According to Sarurpur police, the incident took place about six months ago when the woman, a minor at that time, had filed a rape case against a man from her village.
Earlier, a complaint was registered in the matter and during investigation it was found that the accused was not present in the area at the time of the incident. He was in Punjab, the SSP said.
Sub-Divisional Magistrate Pankaj Prakash Rathore said the matter was related to Sarurpur police station and instructions had been given to the police officials concerned to take immediate action in this matter.