A pair has been arrested in Auraiya for allegedly killing a 26-year-old man, Miraj Ansari, who had eloped together with his daughter three months in the past.
Ansari, who labored as a plumber, was the president of the AIMIM youth wing in Fatehpur.
Police arrested Arvind Sharma (50), a mechanic, and his spouse Jyoti Sharma (47) on Friday night, two days after Ansari’s bludgeoned physique was discovered within the basement of Sharma’s residence.
In keeping with police, they acquired a name from Arvind Sharma on Thursday informing that an unconscious man with accidents was discovered within the basement of their home. Police recovered the physique and despatched it for an post-mortem.
“Initially, the couple denied understanding the sufferer, claiming he had entered the basement and fell right into a chamber, resulting in his dying. Nevertheless, after the sufferer’s photograph was circulated, his identification was confirmed. His brother reached Auraiya and lodged an FIR towards the couple, accusing them of homicide and destruction of proof,” a police officer concerned within the probe stated.
In the course of the investigation and questioning, it got here to mild that Jyoti Sharma knew Ansari, who steadily visited their dwelling. “Ansari had a relationship with Jyoti and later along with her daughter. The daughter wished to marry Ansari, however her father satisfied her that an inter-religious relationship would harm the household’s repute. She agreed and married a Hindu youth final yr… After staying along with her husband for 2 weeks, the daughter returned to her dad and mom’ dwelling. Three months in the past, she eloped with Ansari, however her father didn’t learn about it and filed a lacking individual’s grievance,” stated the police officer.
In keeping with police, Jyoti knew that her daughter had eloped with Ansari, and hatched a conspiracy to kill him. “The couple determined to eradicate Ansari to guard the household’s repute. As a part of their plan, she known as her daughter and advised that her father had gone out of city,” stated the officer.
On September 2, the daughter got here to her parental home with Ansari, Two days later, Jyoti despatched each her daughter and son to a relative’s home in Auraiya. “That evening, she served Ansari meals laced with sleeping drugs, and he fell right into a deep sleep. Later, Arvind returned dwelling, and the couple struck Ansari on the top with a brick, killing him. They cleaned the blood from the room and disposed of the physique within the basement. Jyoti left the home, and hours later, Arvind staged a scene, claiming that somebody had thrown the physique into the basement,” stated a police officer, including they recovered sleeping drugs, blood-stained garments, the brick used within the homicide, sleeping pills-laced meals, and Ansari’s half-burnt cellphone primarily based on the data offered by the couple.
AIMIM state chief Shaukat Ali praised the police for arresting the accused and fixing the case inside 24 hours. Ali confirmed that Ansari was a celebration employee and held the place of president of the Fatehpur youth wing.
On Saturday, the arrested couple had been produced earlier than a courtroom in Auraiya which remanded them to judicial custody, stated Circle Officer Ashok Kumar Singh.