27-yr-old woman absconding since 2017 arrested for kidnap, murder
New Delhi, Mar 20: The Delhi Police has arrested a 27-year-old woman, who was absconding for almost five years, in a case of abduction and murder, officials said on Sunday.
Nidhi, a proclaimed offender, was arrested from her native Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, they said.
She was one of the accused in the case of abduction and murder of a man named Sagar in 2015. After securing bail in 2017, she went absconding and was declared a proclaimed offender the next year, the police said.
On Saturday, based on a tip-off about Nidhi, the police arrested her from near a caf in Ghaziabad's Govindpuram, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Jasmeet Singh said.
According to the police, nine people, including Nidhi and her husband Rahul Jaat, had abducted Sagar on April 1, 2015, from GTB Enclave area here, took him to Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh and later mowed him down with a truck and killed him.
The alleged murder was made to look like an accident, the police said.
Explaining the motive behind the killing, they said Nidhi and Rahul were against Sagar's friendship with Aarti, Nidhi's sister. Despite their warning, he kept meeting her even after her marriage.
This infuriated them and they decided to kill Sagar, the police said.
Rahul, too, was out on bail. He is a part of the notorious Rohit Chaudhary and Ankit Gurjar gang.
Rahul has previously been involved in three cases of murder, attempt to murder and abduction for murder, and was earlier booked under the Arms Act in Delhi, the police said.
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3 killed, 15 injured in fire after blast at firecracker unit in MP's Dewas; CM orders probe
Dewas/Indore (PTI): At least three workers were killed and 15 persons injured after a fire broke out following an explosion at a firecracker factory in Madhya Pradesh's Dewas district on Thursday, an official said.
Chief Minister Mohan Yadav expressed grief over the incident and ordered an investigation. The state government will provide an assistance of Rs 4 lakh to the kin of each of the deceased, and the injured will receive free treatment, he said in a post on X.
Three persons were killed in the fire at the firecracker unit located in Tonk Kalan area, and around 15 injured persons were sent to hospitals in Indore and Dewas, Collector Rituraj Singh told reporters after inspecting the site.
Videos of the aftermath surfaced on social media, showing thick white smoke billowing from the factory along the Agra–Mumbai national highway. The clips also showed people rushing the injured for treatment amid cries for help, with body parts seen scattered at the site.
The collector said the fire has been brought under control. The administration has taken possession of explosives stored at another location within the unit, he said.
The work to manufacture small firecrackers at the factory of a person named Anil Malviya had begun only 15 days ago, and a licence has been issued for the unit, the collector said.
A detailed investigation is underway into the incident, he added.
CM Yadav said, "I have directed Deputy Chief Minister and Dewas district guardian minister Jagdish Devda, the home secretary and senior officials to visit the spot. An inquiry has also been ordered into the incident."
Local residents said there was a massive explosion at the factory, and the victims' body parts were found scattered far away from the site.
They said construction work was underway at the site and different sheds were being built there.
