Husband, two others arrested for murder of woman blogger

AGRA: The Agra police have arrested three accused, including the husband of the murdered food and fashion blogger woman who was thrown off the fourth floor of an apartment to death in Agra on Friday. A case has been registered under sections 302 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code at Tajganj police station against the husband, two women and four to six others yet to be identified.

The deceased woman was residing here with her male acquaintance in a live-in relationship . The family of the deceased revealed that the woman had a love marriage with accused Aakash Gautam around six years ago. Gautam was residing in Tundla town of Firozabad district. The couple had frequent disputes and began living separately.

“The family members of Aakash Gautam had been harassing my daughter after the marriage. She came to live in this apartment in Agra and Vipul Agarwal, a resident of Firozabad, resided with her. The accused along with his associates came on Friday noon and thrashed my daughter and Vipul Agarwal. My daughter was thrown down from the fourth floor of the apartment resulting in her death,” alleged the victim’s father in his FIR registered at Tajganj police station of Agra city.“The case has been registered on the complaint of the father of the deceased under sections 302 and 34 (murder by two or more person having common intention) of Indian Penal Code against the husband Aakash Gautam, two women and four to six others yet to be identified,” stated Sudhir Kumar Singh, SSP Agra, while talking to media person on Saturday.

“Three, including the husband of the deceased and two women accompanying him, have been arrested. We have obtained the video footage and CCTV recordings from the apartment. Investigations are on to nab all the accused,” said SSP Agra.