Vikas Kumar arrested for supporting Aaftab Poonawala while posing as Rashid Khan in media interview
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh police on Friday arrested a man who pretended to be a Muslim and supported Aaftab Poonawala, accused of murdering his girlfriend Shraddha Walkar.
Vikas Kumar, a resident of Sikandrabad, Bulandshahr district, had presented himself as Rashid Khan when speaking to a reporter in Delhi regarding the murder case. He had justified Aaftab’s action before the reporter, calling it an act of rage, reports NDTV.
While Aaftab is learned to have chopped his girlfriend’s body into 35 pieces, ‘Rashid’ had told the reporter that Shraddha Walkar’s body ‘could have been cut into 36 pieces’. When asked if he would do so, he said it was not a big deal that a person did so in anger.
Bulandshahr Senior Superintendent of Police Shlok Kumar said, “Vikas has a criminal record, with cases registered against him in Bulandshahr and Noida for theft and carrying illegal arms.”
Vikas, after being arrested, said that he had not assumed that his words would be taken so seriously. “I fear I will be killed here or in prison,” he said, on being asked if he regretted his actions.
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Chhattisgarh: Couple, two grandchildren killed over 'property' dispute; two relatives held
Janjgir (Chhattisgarh) (PTI): An elderly couple and their two grandchildren were allegedly murdered by two close relatives to grab family property in Chhattisgarh’s Janjgir-Champa district, police said on Thursday.
The couple’s one son, who had earlier spent 15 years in jail for killing his own brother, and his son have been taken into custody in connection with the murders, an official said.
The bodies were found inside their under-construction house in Bhanvtara village under the jurisdiction of the Shivrinarayan police station after labourers reached the site for work in the morning, a senior police official said.
The deceased were identified as Medani Prasad Kashyap (70), his wife Kanti Bai (65), their grandchildren Pitambar Kashyap (17) and Mogra (25).
The deceased couple’s son, Sonsai, and his son Dakeshwar have been taken into custody in connection with the murders, the official said.
According to the preliminary investigation, Medani Prasad had three sons, including Sonsai. Police said Sonsai had murdered one of his brothers in the past and had served a 15-year jail term in the case, while the couple’s third son had reportedly died by suicide.
Sonsai and his son Dakeshwar, alias Golu, allegedly killed his parents and the children of his two deceased brothers with an axe while they were asleep in the under-construction house, he said.
Pitambar was the only son of one deceased brother, while Mogra was the only daughter of another, the official said.
The accused allegedly wanted sole ownership of the family property and are suspected of having committed the crime to eliminate other claimants, police said.
A case has been registered, and further investigation is underway, the official added.
