Uttarakhand: SIT completes Gunjan murder case probe in 3 days, say police
Dehradun (PTI): The Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted to investigate the murder of the 23-year-old woman who was hacked to death in broad daylight in Dehradun's busy Machhi Bazaar has completed its investigation in just three days, a police officer said on Thursday.
A charge sheet will be filed against the accused, Akash Kumar, in court on Friday, the officer added.
On Monday (February 2), Gunjan Srivastava was allegedly murdered by the accused, who slit her throat with a cleaver.
Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ajay Singh said that the Dehradun police will advocate for a speedy trial of the case and will demand the harshest punishment under the 'rarest of rare' category for the accused who committed this heinous murder.
The SSP said that the post-mortem report, statements of 35 witnesses and physical and forensic evidence collected from the scene have been included in the charge sheet.
Akash and Gunjan worked at different shops in the market and were reportedly in a relationship. Gunjan, however, when she found out that the accused was married, stopped talking to him.
Two days before the incident, Gunjan had filed a complaint with the police regarding harassment by Akash, after which the police began searching for him. However, upon learning that the police were looking for him, he switched off his mobile phone and disappeared from his home and also did not go to his shop.
But two days later, Akash allegedly attacked and killed Gunjan with a cleaver. After the incident, enraged traders closed down Machhi Bazaar, Paltan Bazaar and all the surrounding markets.
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3 held, hunt on for 4 accomplices after they kidnap, assault and urinate on man in Bhopal
Bhopal (PTI): Police have registered a case against seven persons and arrested three of them for allegedly kidnapping, assaulting and urinating on a 22-year-old man in Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal, officials said on Thursday.
The incident occurred during the intervening night of April 26 and 27 in an area located under the Hanumanganj police station limits, an official said.
One of the accused urinated on the face of the victim and captured a video of the act, which was later circulated on social media to humiliate him, he said.
"A complaint in this connection was lodged by Jaswant Markam (22), a resident of Kamla Nagar, based on which a case was registered against seven persons under sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and police have arrested three of them, including one Prem Thapa," Bhopal Police Commissioner Sanjay Kumar said.
Three police teams have been formed and the remaining suspects will be apprehended soon, he said.
During the intervening night of Sunday and Monday, Markam was at the local bus stand with a friend when around 4 am, the accused took him away on the pretext of discussing something with him. They asked him about his neighbour and friend Aniket. When he refused to provide any information, they started assaulting him, the police said.
The accused then took him to a forest in Karond area, where he was stripped and severely thrashed, they said.
When the man began to lose consciousness, one of the accused urinated on his face and made a video of the act, which was circulated on social media to humiliate him and spread terror, according to the police.
The accused called Markam's friend around 5 am to inform him about his condition. The victim was subsequently admitted to a hospital, the officials said, adding that the viral video was also being investigated.
Responding to a query, Hanumanganj police station in-charge Awdhesh Bhadoria said if the victim was found to be from the tribal community, then relevant sections will be invoked against the accused.
At present, the police are probing the incident and search is on to arrest the remaining accused, he added.
In 2023, a man had urinated on a tribal youth in Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh. A video of the incident had gone viral on social media platforms and created a controversy.
