Ghaziabad:

A woman was on Tuesday arrested for allegedly killing her stepson and hiding his body in a sewer tank, police here said. On Monday, police received a complaint that 11-year-old Shadab had gone missing on October 15, they said.

When police checked the CCTV footage of the nearby area, they found that the boy never left his house in Govind Puri locality on Sunday evening, they said.

This raised suspicion and police thoroughly searched the house and found the minor’s body in a sewer tank, Additional Commissioner (Modi Nagar circle) Gyan Prakash Rai said.

When police questioned the victim’s family members, his stepmother Rekha confessed to killing Shabad with the help of her friend Poonam, he said.

Rekha told police that it was a premeditated murder and she committed the crime when Shabad returned home after playing outside, police said, Rekha, who is the second wife of Rahul Sen, also told the police that she disliked her stepson, they said, adding that Sen runs a saloon and had divorced his first wife three years ago.

Rekha concocted a story of her stepson’s kidnapping before her husband and in-laws, police said.

ACP Rai said Rekha and her friend Poonam who helped her kill Shabad have been sent to jail this evening.

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Ghaziabad, UP:

The Crime Branch of the Ghaziabad Police Commissionerate arrested a drug peddler and seized 300 kg of ganja, officials said on Saturday.

The accused has been identified as 24-year-old Mohammad Zafar of Bareilly district.

The contraband, with an estimated value of Rs 2.5 crore in the international market, was concealed inside a truck, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Sachidananad said.

Zafar confessed to the crime and said he used to bring the contraband from Odisha for distribution in the National Capital Region, the officer added.

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Ghaziabad:

A 22-year-old girl from Uttar Pradesh’s Greater Noida has claimed that she was sexually harassed by police personnel in Ghaziabad on September 16. 

The victim and her fiance, who is a resident of Bulandshahr, were in the Sai Upvan forest in Ghaziabad when two police personnel, named Rakesh Kumar and Digambar Kumar, approached them accompanied by another man in uniform whose identity has not been ascertained yet.

The policemen threatened to send the fiance to jail and demanded Rs 10,000 from the couple. The couple pleaded with the cops and even fell at their feet begging them to stop, but they refused to relent. The fiance was then forced to pay Rs 1,000 through PayTM. The unidentified man also threatened the couple with dire consequences unless they paid Rs 5.5 lakh, the woman has alleged. 

In her official complaint, the woman accused the policemen of slapping her and Rakesh Kumar of forcing himself upon her. The couple was allegedly held captive for nearly three hours before being let go. 

But their ordeal did not end there. 

The accused harassed the woman through repeated phone calls and even visited her home. Rakesh Kumar called the woman on September 19 to harass her but the woman recorded their conversation to present as evidence. After finding out that the couple had decided to register an FIR against the three men, Rakesh Kumar dropped unannounced at the woman’s house and threatened her.

Subsequently, after ten days of harassment and trauma, the couple filed an FIR on September 28. 

All three accused are on the run, senior Ghaziabad police officer Nimish Patil said, adding that a thorough investigation has been launched to track them down.