Faridabad: 'Psycho killer' jailed for life in abduction-murder; involved in 5 other murders
Faridabad (PTI): A local court here sentenced a 54-year-old "psycho killer" to life imprisonment for kidnapping and murdering a woman in 2022, police said on Wednesday.
The police said the killer, Singh Raj, had committed a total of six murders, including three minors, in Faridabad.
The court of Faridabad's additional sessions judge Purushottam Kumar sentenced Raj on Wednesday and also asked him pay a fine of over Rs 2.1 lakh.
Talking about the case for which Raj was sentenced to life imprisonment, the police said a woman, a resident of Faridabad's Bhupani village, had filed a 'missing person' report of her 20-year-old niece, following which a case was registered in January 2022.
During the investigation, the missing woman's remains were recovered on January 6, and a day later, Raj, a resident of Jasana village in Faridabad, was arrested.
Raj, during interrogation, confessed to killing the woman and dumping her body on the banks of the Agra Canal, police said.
Raj had also confessed to five other murders, including three minors.
On March 30, 2022, a charge sheet was filed in the case, which was registered on the basis of the Bhupani woman's complaint, police said.
"During the trial, 29 witnesses testified...After hearing all parties, the court of Additional Sessions Judge Purushottam Kumar held (Raj) guilty on Tuesday, and the court sentenced him to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 2.10 lakh today. Other cases are pending in the courts," said a Faridabad police spokesperson.
Raj, who worked as a security guard at a private hospital in Sector 16, Faridabad, had come under police suspicion during the investigation in another case.
Giving details about the murder crimes committed by Raj, the police said that in 2019, he molested the daughter of a tea vendor and killed her when she resisted.
The following year, in August 2020, he killed a 12-year-old girl in the hospital after the latter resisted molestation. In June 2021, he murdered another minor girl who was employed as a cleaner in the hospital.
Raj had also confessed to killing his uncle and cousin, police added.
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Vijay unable to prove majority, not invited for CM oath ceremony: Sources
Chennai: Actor-politician Vijay has reportedly not been invited to take oath as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu after failing to demonstrate support from the required number of MLAs, sources in Raj Bhavan said.
According to media reports that quoted sources in the office of R.N. Ravi Arlekar, Vijay could not prove the backing of 118 legislators, the majority mark in the 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly.
Despite last-minute efforts to secure support from the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazagam (AMMK), and an IUML legislator, Vijay reportedly managed support from only 116 MLAs, falling short by two members.
Sources said Vijay failed to submit letters of support from the VCK and the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML).
Later, the IUML issued a statement clarifying that it was not part of the TVK-led alliance.
Meanwhile, AMMK leader T.T.V. Dhinakaran is also said to have informed the Governor that his party would support the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) instead.
Earlier in the evening, Vijay had met Governor Arlekar and staked claim to form the government, stating that he enjoyed the support of 118 MLAs.
