College senior held for doctor murder in Agra

Yogita’s brother Mohindra said Tiwari was her senior during their MBBS days. “He liked her from the start but it was always a one-sided affair, she never reciprocated. In fact, his number was blocked on her phone. So he called Yogita’s landlady and asked her about Yogita’s whereabouts on Tuesday. After she refused, he landed up at her house and lured her out somehow,” he claimed. This, as per police, was around 7.30 pm.

By the time Yogita’s family reached Agra, she was missing. The family submitted a kidnapping complaint against Tiwari, after Yogita stopped responding to their calls and messages. “Hours after this, the body of a woman matching the description of the missing person was found. We asked the family to identify the body and it was Dr Gautam. We immediately contacted Jalaun Police, since the doctor hailed from the area, and the arrest was made. The accused has confessed to the murder and will be sent to judicial custody,” said SSP Kumar.

Yogita completed her MBBS from a medical college in Moradabad and it was there that she met Tiwari. Her brother said, “She just turned 31 on August 11… On Independence Day, she got her postgraduate exam result. She was the first obstetrician in Agra to deliver the baby of a Covid-19 positive patient in April… It was a risk she took, even though at that time, there weren’t any safety precautions such as PPE. She was recognised by the DM of the district for this… We were so proud of her,” said Mohindra.

Yogita’s family claimed she kept declining Tiwari’s marriage proposal and in January, her father too spoke to Tiwari and told him that she didn’t want to marry him.