This story is from September 22, 2019

Youth and girlfriend killed for resisting rape bid in Munger

A 20-year-old medical aspirant and his girlfriend were killed for resisting the rape attempt near the Sadar block office at Munger on Friday night.
Youth and girlfriend killed for resisting rape bid in Munger
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PATNA: A 20-year-old medical aspirant and his girlfriend were killed for resisting the rape attempt near the Sadar block office at Munger on Friday night.
The Mufassil police recovered the bodies of Mohammad Asif and his girlfriend Riya alias Twinkle from the mango orchard of Munger Sadar block office around 11.30pm on Friday. The girl’s Scooty was also found near the spot.
DIG (Munger range) Manu Maharaaj said on Saturday that initially it was believed that Asif had killed Riya over some dispute and later committed suicide by shooting himself with a country-made pistol.

However, the arrest of Asif’s friend Danish twisted the entire story. During interrogation, Danish confessed to the crime and revealed the names of his three other associates. Danish is a resident of Sujawalpur village under Mufassil police station in Munger.
The DIG said Asif was killed for resisting the rape bid on his girlfriend, who was also preparing for medical entrance examination. Danish had called Asif on the pretext of handing him over a country-made pistol.
“Danish, along with his three other accomplices, was consuming ‘ganja’ (marijuana) in the orchard when Asif along with girlfriend Riya reached there. Danish started molesting her and also made an attempt to rape her, leading to an altercation between the two,” DIG Manu said.

While the girl was strangled, Asif was shot with the country-made pistol. Danish along with his accomplices escaped from the spot after the incident. They also damaged the mobile phones of both the deceased and tried to mislead the police by giving contradictory statements.
The police later recovered the used weapon and the cloth used for strangulating the girl. Two cartridges were also seized from the possession of Danish, who has criminal antecedents. Danish, police said, was earlier arrested in an Arms Act case in Varanasi.
“Raids are on to nab the accomplices of Danish, who is being interrogated by the investigating officers of the case. An FIR was lodged with the Mufassil police station in this connection,” the DIG told this newspaper over phone. He also said it was a fit case for speedy trial.
Riya is stated to be the niece of RJD MLA Vijay Kumar Vijay while Asif’s father Md Irshad worked in a private firm in the UAE.
Riya’s mother Nitu Devi, an auxiliary nurse midwife (ANM) at Munger sadar hospital, earlier told the police that her daughter had left home on her Scooty around 7pm for her friend’s house to bring book. They started searching for her when she didn’t return home.
Nitu and her family members came to know about Riya’s body lying behind the sadar block headquarters. She admitted that Md Asif was known to the family as a friend.
Both Asif and Riya had come into contact while preparing for medical entrance examination at Kota in Rajasthan about three years ago. While Riya later went to New Delhi for preparations, Asif preferred to stay in Lucknow. Asif had come to Munger on September 9 to attend a marriage ceremony.
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