Featured Image: Police briefing the media after the accused were arrested. Credits: Dainik Jagran
Police in Uttarakhand have arrested three Muslim men in connection with the murder of a Hindu woman. According to the police, the woman had refused to marry one of the accused, who had professed his love for her. Faced with her rejection, the accused killed the woman in her own house.
The victim has been identified as Nidhi alias Hansi, a BBA student, who was residing in Roorkee, Uttarakhand. The accused have been identified as Haidar Ali, Aaris alias Rihan and Shariq.
The arrests come after Dinesh, the victim’s brother, filed a complaint with the police.
According to the police, the three accused had gone to Nidhi’s house on their motorcycles on Saturday. The accused knew that she would be alone at the house at that time. When Nidhi opened the door, the three beat her. The accused then proceeded to slit her throat and kill her. Police say that the murder was premeditated and that the accused had gone to the victim’s house with the intention of killing her.
Hearing her screams, neighbours rushed out of their houses and reached Nidhi’s home. However, the deed had already been done. At the spot, they apprehended Haidar Ali while the other two fled the scene of the crime.
Haidar gave up the names of his accomplices after interrogation by the police. The two absconding accused were arrested by police on Sunday.
Haidar had known Nidhi for the past three years, police said. He had returned from Dubai only last December. He had then tried to get in touch with Nidhi. However, she refused to meet him and rejected his advances. Angered over her rejection, Haidar killed her in broad daylight in her own house.
Last year, on October 26 in a similar case, 21-year old college girl Nikita Tomar was shot dead in broad daylight in Faridabad, near Delhi. The accused was one Taufeeq, who killed her for refusing to marry him.
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