In two sensational killings, an 18-year-old girl was found murdered under mysterious circumstances in Etawah while the body of a middle-aged woman was recovered in Mirzapur. In the first case reported from Etawah, Aradhana, hailing from Basiyapura hamlet of Barthana in Etawah, reportedly left her house on Monday night. When she did not return, her brother, who had seen her leaving the house, went out to search for her. The family said that the brother failed to trace Aradhana so he came back and informed other family members after which they also set out to search for her. When their efforts proved futile, the called the police. Later, on Tuesday morning, the body of Aradhana was found in the fields. A case was registered and the body was sent for the post-mortem.
In another case reported from Mirzapur, the body of an unknown woman was recovered from Barkhacha Pahadi area of Kotwali dehat in the district on Tuesday morning. The woman was later identified as Gama Devi (40) hailing from Datriya hamlet of Padriya in Mirzapur. Devi was a widow and she went out to sell rice on Monday evening when she suddenly disappeared. The cops during investigation learnt from the victim’s brother that Devi was having an affair with Girja Shankar Yadav and that he probably killed her. The cops, subsequently, picked up Yadav, who confessed to the crime. Yadav said that when Gama Devi developed relations with some other men too despite his objection, he decided to kill her. As per the plan, she took her to a secluded place and killed her and later abandoned her body and escaped.
Meanwhile, in a separate case reported from Muzaffarnagar, one person was arrested and six others booked after clashes broke out between two groups in Aterna village over the alleged sexual harassment of a minor Dalit girl, police said on Tuesday. The clash broke out on Monday evening after a five-year-old girl was sexually harassed by a villager, they said. Police rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control, they added.
According to the complaint lodged by the girl’s family, the accused and his aides hurled stones at them when they confronted him. Amit Kumar (25) was injured in the stone-pelting and was taken to hospital, SHO Hariram Yadav said. A case has been registered under different sections of the IPC, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. A manhunt was launched to nab the remaining six accused. Security was tightened and extra police personnel were deployed in the village.
