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Woman, Son Arrested For Killing Eight-Year-Old In UP’s Saharanpur

Saharanpur: Police on Wednesday arrested a woman and her son for allegedly killing an eight-year-old child. at Kothiwala Mohalla under Chilkana Police Station.

The child’s body was found in a drain on Monday. SP City Vyom Bindal said the accused have confessed to the crime. During interrogation, they said on May 10, Sarfaraz (8), a student of Class V, was playing outside his house. His mother Nagma had gone to Laksar with her brother-in-law to meet relatives. The accused, Zarina and her son Mustafa, took the child to their house on the pretext of showing him a mobile phone.

While Zarina stood guard at the gate, Mustafa gave the mobile phone to Sarfaraz. As the child watched the mobile phone, Mustafa strangled him with a towel. He also stuffed Sarfaraz’s mouth with a pillow. After Sarfaraz died, Mustafa put his body in a plastic bag and took it to Salempur Gadha in a tempo. He then threw the body in the canal.

After disposing of the body, Mustafa burnt Sarfaraz’s slippers, pillow and other evidence. Mustafa stayed at his maternal uncle’s house for a few days to evade suspicion. Meanwhile Sarfaraz’s family looked for him and on May 11, his mother Nagma registered a missing person report at the nearest police station. On May 12, police recovered the body of the child from the canal.

With Inputs From Vimal Kaushik

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Delhi: In a chilling case that has crossed all boundaries of humanity, a 9-year-old girl was allegedly murdered after being raped in Delhi’s Nehru Vihar. What’s equally terrifying is that the accused, who committed the heinous crime, stuffed the victim’s body, half-clothed, in a suitcase. The shocking assault came to light after a child from the area reportedly informed some elders that the girl was spotted walking towards a nearby apartment.

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Locals Found Girl’s Body Stuffed In A Suitcase

Suspicious to find out, some residents reached the locked house and broke open the door, where they found the girl’s body, which was barely clothed. It has been learnt that the deceased had gone missing for around 3 hours. Following the shocking discovery, the locals took her to a nursing home. Meanwhile, the victim’s family alleged that some local boys had committed the brutal crime.

Police File FIR

An FIR has been filed in the matter, and a search operation is underway to track down those involved. Additionally, a case under the POCSO Act has also been registered in the matter, and the child’s body has been sent for a post-mortem examination. The incident has sparked public outrage, and a massive police manhunt is ongoing. As a sign of protest, angry family members blocked the Chand Bagh bridge, which was later cleared.

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Atishi Slams BJP

On the incident, the Former Delhi Chief Minister has slammed the BJP. She wrote on X, “Who is responsible for the rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl in Delhi? Who is responsible for the deteriorating law and order situation? BJP has a 4-engine government, yet our daughters are not safe? Where is Chief Minister Rekha Gupta ji? Where is the country’s Home Minister Amit Shah?

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NEW DELHI: Police said on Sunday that two more suspects were arrested in a case involving the murder of a 35-year-old woman, who was found dead in a bed box at her rented accommodation in east Delhi’s Vivek Vihar last week.

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Further investigation revealed that she allegedly spotted her husband, his friend, and their landlord in an ‘objectionable position’.

Both, the woman’s husband (36), and his uncle, who allegedly helped him hide the body after the murder, were arrested, police said. Earlier, the landlord (65) and the husband’s other male friend were arrested.

The gruesome discovery was made on March 28 when the neighbours alerted the police, complaining of a foul smell emanating from a house.

The house was locked from the outside, and traces of blood were observed near the back door, prompting the police to break open the door.

During the search, police found a decomposed female body wrapped in a blanket, stuffed in a trolley bag, and concealed inside a bed storage compartment in the flat located in Satyam Enclave.

“The body was identified as that of a 35-year-old woman from Ludhiana, Punjab. Police registered a case and launched an investigation,” said DCP Prashant Gautam.

A team comprising inspector Munish Kumar and others initially focused on locating the missing house owner, who was tracked down near a park in Anand Vihar. He disclosed the involvement of the woman’s husband and his friend. The woman’s husband was also arrested, but his friend boarded a train to Bihar. Police, however, apprehended him and his uncle at Aligarh station.

Police said, the accused conspired to murder the woman to prevent her from exposing them.

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The woman and her husband came to Delhi from Ludhiana and were staying at the house of a tuition teacher. Last Sunday, she woke up to find her husband missing and went looking. Upon hearing some noise, she peeped through the window and found her landlord, her husband, and his friend in a “compromising position”. She raised an alarm. The men throttled and bludgeoned her to death.

After the murder, the investigation revealed that the landlord had conducted online searches on methods for disposing of a dead body using chemicals.

Police also discovered that he had looked for open manholes and drains near his residence, which confirmed his intention to dispose of the body.