This story is from February 20, 2021

Man, brother held for kidnapping and killing a girl in Pratapgarh

Man, brother held for kidnapping and killing a girl in Pratapgarh
Prayagraj: A man was arrested by Pratapgarh police on the charges of kidnapping and killing a Dalit girl and seized a mobile along with two SIM cards from his possession.
The arrested man, identified as Hariom Yadav alias Raj (20), was a resident of Tardeeh (Antoo) village.
Police have also been looking for the accused’s elder brother and his wife who were also involved in the crime.

Police said that one Ramnath Saroj, a resident of Khajohari village had on January 13 lodged a complaint with Kotwali police station that her daughter identified as Anjali (17) had left the house on January 6 to attend school and alleged that the girl was “forced to elope” with unidentified persons.
The police after lodging case under section 363 of IPC started probing the incident and further found the involvement of three persons including Hariom Yadav alias Raj, his elder brother Rahul Yadav and Deepmala (wife of Rahul Yadav), residents of Tardeeh village behind the mysterious disappearance of the girl.
The police team despite conducting a series of raids at the suspected hideouts of wanted persons were not able to trace their locations.

On Friday, a police team managed to arrest the prime accused Hariom Yadav alias Raj, from near a bus stand while he was planning to escape from the town and recovered a mobile and two sim cards (used in the crime) from his possession.
During quizzing, the prime accused Hariom confessed that he with the help of his brother and Bhabhi had kidnapped Anjali on January 6 and later killed and dumped her body near Chamraudha river bridge and escaped.
After the confession of the accused, police later added other sections including 302, 201 and 120 B , 34 of IPC and 3(2) 5 of SC\ST act in the FIR regarding the incident.
Police said that the accused, who was in a relationship with the girl, had hatched the conspiracy to eliminate the girl as she was constantly “mounting pressure” on him for marriage and the accused wanted to get rid of her.
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