Woman stabbed to death in feud over garbage collection in Greater Noida

GREATER NOIDA : A 45-year-old woman was stabbed to death allegedly by two of her neighbours and three unidentified persons in the wee hours of Sunday outside her house in Jalpura, Greater Noida. The body has been sent for postmortem.

According to her family, the incident took place when the woman, identified as one Najma, was sleeping in the verandah outside their rented accommodation. “We were sleeping outside on separate cots. I woke up around 12am by my wife’s shouts. There were five people who had stabbed her in the chest and on her face with a knife. Though it was dark, I was able to recognise two of them as my neighbours. Me and my son started shouting, following which the other neighbours came to help. We took her to a nearby hospital where she was declared brought dead,” Akbar Ali, the husband of the deceased, said.He alleged that the family had an ongoing tussle with their neighbour, Vijay Kumar, over garbage collection. “We collect garbage from the neighbourhood. Earlier, the contract was in our name but later, Vijay started doing the work. This had led to arguments between our families on several occasions in the past,” Akbar said.

Based on the family’s complaint, a case of murder under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code was registered against the two accused, Vijay and Rajiv Ranjan, both residents of Jalpura, and three unknown persons.

The police said Vijay works as a ragpicker and Rajiv is a clerk in a private bank. They added that they are both in their early thirties.

The police said they were alerted about the incident almost immediately.

BOTH THE ACCUSED HAVE NOT BEEN SENT TO JAIL AS INVESTIGATION IS NOT OVER; CLAIMS ARE BEING VERIFIED, SAY POLICE