Gautam Budh Nagar Police on Sunday arrested the brother-in-law of the girl, whose physique was discovered buried in Noida’s Sector 155 on Friday, from an acquaintance’s home in Sector 150 on Sunday.
Police mentioned the suspect, recognized as 38-year-old Bhupendra (single identify), a resident of Deri Kambakhspur village underneath the jurisdiction of the Data Park police station, had gone on the run after the woman’s physique was found, whereas her husband, mother-in-law and sister-in-law have been arrested for their alleged involvement in her murder on Saturday.
Police mentioned he was produced earlier than a courtroom and despatched to judicial custody on Sunday.
On March 31, a extremely decomposed physique of a 26-year-old girl, recognized as Sarita (single identify), was discovered buried by native residents at a vacant plot in Sector 155, barely 100 metres away from her residence at Deri Kambakhspur the place she lived along with her husband and in-laws.
She had been reported lacking by her husband on March 9.
Nevertheless, the woman’s brother Narendra (single identify) filed a grievance on March 15 alleging that her husband and in-laws tortured her and demanded dowry.
Primarily based on his grievance, an FIR underneath Part 365 (abduction), 498A (cruelty towards girls), and related sections of the Dowry Prohibition Act have been registered on March 15 towards the woman’s husband and 6 different family members, mentioned VK Singh, in cost of Data Park police station.
On Friday, the woman’s physique was found by native residents after heavy rains on Thursday washed away some grime on the plot and uncovered the physique. The locals then knowledgeable the police in regards to the physique, after which police groups dug up the pit and took the physique out. The police then added sections 302 (murder), 201 (inflicting disappearance of proof of offence) and 34 (widespread intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) to the FIR, Singh added.
Through the investigation, police discovered that the woman’s husband had strangled her and buried her with the assistance of his mom, brother, and sister-in-law. Further deputy commissioner of police (Higher Noida) Ashok Kumar mentioned, “Joginder, Sarita’s husband, strangled her on the evening of March 8. With the assistance of his brother Bupendra, sister-in-law Usha and mom Santa, he took the physique to a vacant Noida authority plot in Sector 155, barely 100 metres away from their house, and buried her there. They used a spade to dig a pit which has been recovered from their residence on Saturday.”
Joginder (30), Santa (52), and Usha (34) have been arrested on Saturday, police mentioned.