The main suspect in connection with the disappearance of a Meerut college lecturer on Sunday surrendered in Noida.
MEERUT/NOIDA: The main suspect in connection with the disappearance of a Meerut college lecturer on Sunday surrendered in Noida and claimed she was "alive and held captive" by two Uttar Pradesh ministers as the opposition Congress demanded a CBI probe into the case.
Of three bodies found in Meerut and Baghpat recently, one could be that of 29-year-old Kavita Rani who was reported missing from a women's hostel after November 22, Meerut Senior Superintendent of Police Navneet Sikhera said.
He said a case under sections 364 (abduction with intent to murder) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC has been registered against several persons.
Ravindra Pradhan, the main suspect in the reported kidnap and murder, surrendered at the office of a news channel in Noida and was arrested by a police team led by DSP Dinesh Yadav at around 11.30 am. He would be produced before a Meerut court on Monday morning.
Pradhan claimed Kavita was "alive and is held captive somewhere". He told reporters "two UP ministers can reveal where she is" and denied any involvement in the disappearance of the temporary lecturer of Chaudhry Charan Singh University.
State Congress chief Salman Khursheed told reporters in Lucknow, "an impartial investigation is possible only if a CBI inquiry is ordered" and demanded sacking of the ministers.
The Samajwadi Party's former national secretary and in charge of North-East Affairs Mahaveer Singh has demanded sacking of the ministers for an impartial probe.
UP Basic Education Minister Kiranpal Singh denied involvement in the lecturer's disappearance and said his name was "being dragged into it due to personal enmity".
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