A 23-year-old woman was allegedly beaten to death by a bunch of relatives on suspicion of jewelry theft in Ghaziabad on Wednesday, the Ghaziabad Police stated, including that they’ve detained eight suspects for questioning.
The sufferer was recognized by the police as Shamina, a resident of Saharanpur in UP. Police stated {that a} homicide case has been registered at Crossings Republik police station, including that no arrests have been made within the case thus far. The lacking jewelry has additionally not been recovered.
Police stated that Shamina reached Ghaziabad to attend the celebration of the minor son of one of her relatives, Ramesh Kumar, within the Siddharth Vihar locality of Ghaziabad.
Assistant commissioner of police (Wave Metropolis), Ravi Prakash Singh stated, whereas everybody returned after the get together, Ramesh and Hina (his spouse) found {that a} pair of gold bangles have been lacking from their home. “Unable to find the objects, they started questioning their relatives, finally suspecting that Shamina, who had already left for Saharanpur, took the jewelry. They contacted her and she or he returned to their home in Ghaziabad on Tuesday evening,” stated ACP Singh.
Police stated that on the intervening evening of Tuesday and Wednesday, Ramesh and his relatives determined to confront and interrogate Shamina. “In the end, they beat her with rods and sticks throughout an argument. It seems that the woman died through the evening. Shamina’s sister Saniya, 20, was knowledgeable in regards to the incident on Wednesday morning by an area resident, prompting her to contact the police,” the ACP added.
Based mostly on the grievance made by Saniya, an FIR was registered at Crossings Republik police station. Saniya alleged in her grievance that she was beaten up too when she requested in regards to the incident and that Rukhsar, one of the suspects, modified Shamina’s blood-stained garments.
“Once I realized in regards to the incident and reached Ghaziabad, they beat me and my cousin Mani as effectively, apart from our driver Raj Bir. My sister died of extreme accidents and her garments have been blood-stained. Rukhsar then modified these garments and put on recent garments to conceal the crime,” Saniya stated within the FIR. She additionally stated that the eight suspects allegedly beat up and tortured Shamina from 8pm on Tuesday until 3am on Wednesday and dumped her physique in a room on the terrace of Ramesh’s home.
“We took custody of the physique and it was despatched for post-mortem. We have now detained the eight suspects recognized as Ramesh, his spouse Hina, and their relatives Himanshu, Majid, Naushad, Ishan, Sunny, and Rukhsar and FIR underneath part 147 (rioting), 323 (voluntarily inflicting harm), 201 (destruction of proof) and 302 (homicide) with 34 (widespread intention) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered in opposition to them,” ACP Singh stated.