Girl found dead at wedding venue was killed by cousin in UP

MEERUT: The 18-year-old girl who had been found dead at a wedding venue in Meerut on Monday night, was killed by her own cousin ater she resisted his atempt to rape her.

According to the police, the constable who was found sleeping next to the crime scene and was a suspect, has been given a clean chit.

The police came to this conclusion on the basis of forensic evidence.

Meerut Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Prabhakar Chaudhary told reporters that the accused, Vishal Gupta, 22, is the son of the victim’s maternal aunt.

“The accused had requested the girl to click a selfie with him, but she refused. He then asked her to meet him in private saying he wanted to discuss some important mater with her. He then took her to a room which was vacant and atempted to molest her. When she tried to raise an alarm, he gagged her till she fell unconscious and subsequently died,” the SSP said.

“The accused initially thought she is unconscious and tried to rape her by removing her clothes, only to find that she was menstruating,” the SSP added.

Vishal then ran out of the room, and he was the first person to accuse the constable of murdering the girl and even beat him up.

He was also among the people who took the body to hospital and remained with the family until the cremation.

SSP Prabhakar Chaudhary said the constable, who was found sleeping in the room adjacent to the toilet, is innocent and that he was an invitee. “He slept in the room and never went to the washroom where the body was found lying on the floor. We now have all the evidence to prove that he is not guilty,” said the SSP.

On the other hand, two Tamil Nadu government doctors were arrested on the charges of raping a colleague while they were in quarantine at a private hotel in August.

The accused, identified as S. Vetriselvan (35) and N. Mohanraj(28), were arrested on Thursday and sent to judicial custody.

The victim complained that the the accused barged into her room at midnight while she was alone and raped her.