Woman's family get husband killed for marrying against their wishes
Noida (UP), Jun 29: A woman's family allegedly got her husband of five years killed by hired men for marrying against their wishes, police said here on Saturday.
Investigating the case of a man found dead earlier on June 16, police investigation found that the woman's father and uncle had allegedly hired four men to kill her husband, they said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone II) Suniti said the body of an unknown person was found near Sangam Vihar Colony of Ecotech-3 Police Station area on June 16, which was later identified as Bhulesh Kumar, a resident of Sambhal district. Later, his autorickshaw was also found to be missing, the DCP said.
Suniti said that Bhulesh's family filed a case against his wife Preeti Yadav's father Budh Singh Yadav and brother Mukesh Yadav and friend Shripal. Five years ago, Preeti had married Bhulesh against the wishes of the family, the officer said.
During the investigation, police came to know that Preeti's father Buddh Singh Yadav and uncle Kharak Singh had allegedly conspired and hired four boys of their neighbouring village Mandoli to kill Bhulesh, the DCP said.
Suniti said that the investigation revealed that four accused -- Awadhesh, Neeraj Yadav, Yashpal and Titu came to Noida and allegedly strangled Bhulesh and took his autorickshaw.
The DCP said that the vehicle used in connection with the alleged incident, a towel used for strangulation, jewellery worth Rs 3 lakhs received in exchange for committing the murder have also been recovered from the accused.
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MP cruise boat tragedy: Search ops expanded to trace four missing passengers
Jabalpur (PTI): Army divers and disaster response teams on Saturday expanded their search at Bargi Dam in Madhya Pradesh to locate a man and three children still missing after the cruise boat tragedy that claimed nine lives two days ago, officials said.
With 28 of the 41 identified passengers onboard the ill-fated cruise boat rescued safely, police are preparing to register an FIR in connection with the accident that occurred at the reservoir in Jabalpur district on Thursday evening, they said.
The search radius has been expanded to 5 km in the backwaters of the Bargi Dam, located downstream of the Narmada River, area sub-divisional officer of police (SDOP) Anjul Ayank Mishra told PTI.
Nine people drowned in the incident, while 28 were rescued, and efforts are ongoing to trace the missing persons, he said.
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According to the police, more than 200 rescuers, including around 20 Army divers airlifted from Agra, began the search operation at 5 am on Saturday to trace Kamraj, an employee of the Ordnance Factory in Khamaria, his son Tamil (5), Vijay Soni (6) and Mayuram (5).
Mishra said that an inquest case has been registered and the post-mortem of nine deceased persons has been completed.
"Our priority is to search for the missing persons. We will soon register an FIR," he said.
Investigators have said that CCTV footage near the boarding point showed 43 people heading towards the ill-fated boat, and the names of 41 persons, who boarded the vessel, have been ascertained so far.
Collector Raghvendra Singh confirmed that a search is underway for four missing persons.
The rescue operation, being carried out by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and local divers, was briefly affected around 9 am due to strong winds.
The state government on Friday ordered a probe into the incident and dismissed three crew members after survivors alleged negligence and safety lapses, including failure to provide life jackets.
The government also banned the operation of similar vessels in the state.
The boat, operated by the state tourism department, sank during a sudden storm around 6 pm on Thursday, and the wreckage was retrieved from the dam water on Friday, after the rescuers confirmed that there were no more bodies inside.
Eyewitnesses have said that strong winds made the water choppy, prompting passengers to raise an alarm and ask the crew to steer the vessel towards the riverbank.
A survivor alleged negligence by the crew and described a last-minute scramble for life jackets.
