As woman, 2 sons are arrested for daughter’s murder, a family fears for life in UP village

Two days aft the Sambhal constabulary arrested a 45-year-old pistillate and her 2 sons, 25 and 26 years old, for allegedly sidesplitting their 16-year-old sister, the household of the lad accused of eloping with the miss and raping her is leaving the colony retired of fear.

“If they tin execution their ain daughter, who tin vouch for our safety? My lad (the 14-year-old) was saved due to the fact that helium was astatine the infirmary with his grandfather, different helium would person been down bars erstwhile again,” says the mother.

The 14-year-old was apprehended for “raping” the miss successful February this twelvemonth and sent to a juvenile attraction home. He was released connected September 11 aft the miss told a tribunal that she was not raped and was, successful fact, successful a narration with the boy.

On September 19, arsenic rainfall pelted the ground, the miss was changeable dormant astatine the entranceway of a superior schoolhouse successful the Sambhal colony astir 11 pm.

One of the brothers of the miss went to the constabulary presumption and claimed that she had been changeable dormant by the insignificant lad and his uncle.

Within 3 days, however, the constabulary arrested the girl’s brothers and mother. “They kept changing their statements,” says Station House Officer Rajiv Mallik.

The SHO says their probe revealed that the miss and her parent boarded a autobus from Ghaziabad to the colony connected September 19. “The girl’s member picked them up from the autobus halt connected a motorbike. He told america that the sister was sitting betwixt him and the parent connected the motorcycle but erstwhile we checked the CCTV footage, we saw her sitting down the mother. Also, the mobile telephone determination of 1 of the brothers was traced to spot wherever the miss was shot. He went to his uncle’s location aft the shooting. The household did not pass america that that the member was astatine the spot astatine the clip of the crime,” the serviceman says.

When the member was questioned, helium confessed to sidesplitting his sister, says Mallik. The member told the constabulary that helium bought a pistol for Rs 25,000 from a antheral successful the colony and plotted to sprout his sister arsenic she was adamant connected surviving with the boy.

According to Assistant Commissioner of Police, Sambhal, Anuj Kumar Chaudhary idiosyncratic recorded a video of the miss with the lad and showed it to her brother.

“He mislaid his power and planned to termination the girl,” says the ACP.

The residents of the colony person denied immoderate transportation with the case. “The contented has thing to bash with our village,” says Gram Pradhan Veer Singh. He says the girl’s household shifted to Ghaziabad astir 12 years ago. “The household acceptable up a tiny concern of renting e-rickshaws and tractors successful Ghaziabad. They seldom travel here,” says the pradhan.

“Both (the victim’s household and the boy’s family) are neighbours. A twelvemonth ago, the lad shifted to Ghaziabad for enactment and joined the concern of 1 of the brothers of the victim. He was besides surviving with the girl’s household since they were from the aforesaid village. The miss and the lad fell successful love. In February this year, the girl, her friend, the lad and 1 of his friends went missing from the Ghaziabad home. When the girl’s household members could not find them for 3 days, they lodged an FIR with the Ghaziabad police,” says Singh.

Soon the 14-year-old was apprehended. “My lad was astatine his elder brother’s wedding erstwhile the constabulary arrested him. We had nary thought astir the (rape) allegations levelled by the family,” the parent says.

The girl’s relatives judge the parent has thing to bash with the murder. “Respect matters to everyone; we are Yadavs. How could we beryllium successful silence? But sidesplitting her (the 16-year-old) was not needed. They could person asked her to permission the house,” says the mother’s brother-in-law.