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15-year-old girl murdered, five held by Crime Branch of Ghaziabad Police

Girl was in a relationship with one of the men & wanted to marry him, but he wanted to get rid of her

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The five culprits, who murdered the minor girl; are in police custody
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The Crime Branch of Ghaziabad Police on Monday has arrested five people including a father-son duo in connection with the murder of a minor girl from the Modi Nagar area. The police said the father-son duo hatched a plot to get rid of the girl as she was forcing the young man to marry her.

According to the police, the accused have been identified as Sumit, Sonu Kumar, Ramesh, Rajeev and Aarif, who were picked from different places of Ghaziabad after Sumit confessed to having planned the conspiracy with his father Ramesh.

"On December 27, 2017, we had received a missing complaint of a 15-year-old girl at the Modi Nagar police station. Following which, a case under relevant sections was registered and a search operation was launched. Later on January 12, an unidentified body of a girl was recovered from Meerut, which was later found to be the body the same girl who had gone missing," said Vaibhav Krishan, Senior Superintendent Of Police (Ghaziabad).

An investigation was launched, but the local police failed to make any breakthrough till the beginning of May. The case was then transferred to the crime branch.

"During the initial investigation, it came to the notice that the missing girl had been making a lot of calls to a particular number. Later the number was found to be that of Sumit's. Following which the crime branch through technical surveillance tracked him down and apprehended him on Sunday evening," said Krishan. 

During the initial investigation, he denied knowing the girl but later broke down and confessed to the crime.

"During further interrogation, he revealed that they were in a relationship and the girl had come to his house on December 27 after fighting with her parents to marry him. She initially started living at his house, but later forced him to marry her and if he does not she would file a rape case against him," said Krishan. The father and the son then planned to kill her to get rid of her.

The police have arrested the five under sections 302 (murder), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender), 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code and section 3/4 of the POCSO Act.

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The police have arrested the five under sections 302 (murder), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender), 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code and section 3/4 of the POCSO Act

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