(Autotranslated story)
Amethi: Police have arrested three named accused in connection with the murder of a teenage girl in Amethi a week ago. On the basis of information from suspicious persons and an informant during vehicle checking, the Bazaar Shukul police arrested the three accused from near Devnagar intersection. The police investigation against the two named accused, including the village head, is still going on. At present, even a week after the incident, the police are still entangled between murder and suicide.
The incident took place near Bank of Baroda in the town of Bazar Shukul police station area. On October 25, a 16-year-old girl died in a fire on the second floor of her house. After the incident, on the complaint of the father of the deceased, the police registered a case against five named and three unidentified people, including the village head of the neighboring village, and started searching for the accused.
Today, the Bazaar Shukul police were checking suspicious persons and vehicles, in the meantime, on the information of the informer, the police arrested Mohammad Faizan, Prince Pal and Gufran. The police investigation against Javed and village head Ram Bahadur Yadav, who were named in the incident, is still going on.
The motive for the murder is not clear.
On the complaint of the father, the police registered a case against five named and three others under several sections including murder, but the police could not reach any conclusion in the investigation for a week. According to SO Avnish Chauhan, the investigation of the case is still going on and the preliminary investigation has revealed that it was a suicide.
A case has been registered against the accused under these sections.
After the incident, the police had registered a case under sections 302 and 147, but after investigation, the police now changed these sections to 147, 306, 354A and 7/8 POCSO Act.