Stalker strangled girl for resisting him in UP's Firozabad

TNN | Updated: Apr 26, 2020, 10:26 IST

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AGRA: A 18-year-old girl was strangled allegedly by a youth who used to stalk her.
According to Firozabad's Jasrana circle officer Baldev Singh Khaneda, the girl, an under-graduate student, was returning home after handing over dinner to her family members who were busy harvesting wheat crop on Friday evening, when she was allegedly waylaid by Pawan, 25, whose thresher her family had hired.
During interrogation, police learnt that Pawan had been stalking the girl for quite some time. On Friday night, he allegedly attempted to force himself on her. But she resisted and threatened to inform her parents about the act. Enraged, Pawan strangled her to death, said Khaneda.
When she did not return home, villagers launched a search for her. At about 3 am, Pawan went to hide her body in a field and was caught by the villagers, the CO said. He was handed over to police.
The accused was booked under IPC section 302 (murder).
Meanwhile, another murder was reported in neighbouring district of Agra, where a man allegedly axed his nephew over a property dispute.
The accused was identified as Chandrajeet, 45. He originally hails from Umarao Nagar of Jalesar, Etah district. He was living at a rented accommodation along with his wife and son.
On Friday night, he allegedly killed his nephew, Rajat (25) over a eight-bigah land dispute.
“Accused has been arrested and sent to jail,” said SHO Rajesh Kumar Sharma of Jagdsipura.