UP: Woman, her family spend days with friend's corpse in same house
Mathura (UP), Mar 4: A 26-year-old woman was found dead inside a locked room here while her friend and her family were living with the decomposing corpse in the same house for days, police said on Monday.
The incident came to light on Sunday after neighbours complained of a foul smell emanating from the house of Hema, a resident of Mahuan village, and informed the police, they said.
Additional Superintendent of Police (City) Arvind Kumar said the body was lying on a cot inside a locked room and despite the presence of a decomposing body in the house, Hema and her family members were living there.
During interrogation, Hema identified the woman as her friend Ganga Devi from Chhadgaon. She told that Ganga had committed suicide on February 29 and did not inform the police as she got very scared.
Ganga was a divorcee living in the same house with Hema and her family, police said, adding that Hema's husband is mentally challenged and the couple has a son and two daughters.
On Sunday, Hema was repeatedly spraying room freshener in her house and a foul smell was coming from there which was noticed by her neighbours, they said.
The body has been sent for post-mortem and the cause of death will be clear only after getting its report, they said.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Shweta Verma said Hema is being interrogated and further action will be taken once the report confirms whether it is murder or suicide.
Police are investigating all aspects, Verma added.
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Bengaluru police arrest 6 from TN's Coimbatore in dacoity case
Bengaluru (PTI): Six persons were arrested from Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore district in connection with a dacoity case here, police said on Sunday.
The police seized two two-wheelers, four mobile phones, and two laptops worth Rs 3 lakh from the accused.
The accused allegedly trespassed into a house here and threatened the occupants with deadly weapons, earlier this month.
According to police, the complainant, a resident of Pavamana Nagar within the limits of Konanakunte Police Station, submitted a complaint on April 18. He was a college student, originally from Kerala. He, along with six other students, resided in the house and all were pursuing studies at the same college.
On the night of April 17, around late hours, six unknown persons aged between 20-25 years unlawfully entered the house. They assaulted the occupants with their hands and a knife, causing bleeding injuries, threatened them, and robbed them of Rs 10,000 cash, four mobile phones, two laptops, and a two-wheeler, they said, adding that based on the complaint, a dacoity case was registered.
During the investigation, the police conducted inquiries from various angles and gathered credible information through informants. the an official release said, adding, the accused were later picked up from Coimbatore.
The police recovered the stolen laptops, mobile phones, a two-wheeler belonging to the complainant, and another one used in the commission of the offence, they said.
"Upon interrogation, all six accused confessed to their involvement in the offence."
The six accused were produced before a court, which remanded them to judicial custody, they added.
