Police in Meerut have arrested two individuals in connection with the murder of a 25-year-old nurse who was allegedly strangled after refusing to marry.
Police have arrested two individuals in connection with the murder of a 25-year-old nurse at a medical college, officials said on Friday.
According to the police, Pradeep Kumar Sharma, a resident of Jagriti Vihar, filed a written complaint at the Medical police station on May 21. In his complaint, he alleged that Sufiyan and his sister, Sajida, had lured his sister, Anjali Sharma, and kept her in a rented room in the Lohia Nagar area.
It is alleged that when Anjali refused to marry, the duo conspired together and strangled her to death.
Police said that in an attempt to pass off the incident as an accident, Sajida allegedly placed the body in an e-rickshaw, dropped it off at the Medical College emergency ward, and fled the scene.
A case regarding this matter has been registered at the Medical police station under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
The police arrested the accused woman, Sajida, at the Tejgarhi inter-section on Friday. A handbag was recovered from her possession.
The police further informed that during the course of the investigation, the name of Jabar Singh, a resident of Kinanagar also surfaced. Consequently, he was arrested near Kali River on Garh Road. A mobile phone was recovered from his possession.