AGRA: A 26-year-old police constable, posted at the office of Agra‘s assistant commissioner of police, was arrested on Sunday after a 25-year-old woman was found dead inside his rented accommodation under suspicious circumstances.
DCP Suraj Rai said on Monday, “The woman’s body was found under Chhatta limits on December 29 and an FIR was registered under IPC Sections 302 and 376 along with the SC/ST Act after a complaint by her family members.The accused cop was traced and arrested and presented before the court on Sunday.”
The woman’s father claimed that the constable called his daughter home in Agra and first raped her and then strangled her to death.
ACP RK Singh said, “The autopsy report mentioned ‘asphyxia due to antemortem hanging’ as the cause of death. It did not mention any other bruises or injuries. Forensic exam needs to be done for confirmation of rape.”
A police officer, privy to the details, said the constable came to office around 9:30am on Friday, the day the woman’s body was found, and left after 15 minutes. He later called his colleague and said a “friend” staying in his room had hanged herself and he had brought her to the hospital where the doctor had declared her dead. But after that, the constable switched off his phone and went missing, police added.
DCP Suraj Rai said on Monday, “The woman’s body was found under Chhatta limits on December 29 and an FIR was registered under IPC Sections 302 and 376 along with the SC/ST Act after a complaint by her family members.The accused cop was traced and arrested and presented before the court on Sunday.”
The woman’s father claimed that the constable called his daughter home in Agra and first raped her and then strangled her to death.
ACP RK Singh said, “The autopsy report mentioned ‘asphyxia due to antemortem hanging’ as the cause of death. It did not mention any other bruises or injuries. Forensic exam needs to be done for confirmation of rape.”
A police officer, privy to the details, said the constable came to office around 9:30am on Friday, the day the woman’s body was found, and left after 15 minutes. He later called his colleague and said a “friend” staying in his room had hanged herself and he had brought her to the hospital where the doctor had declared her dead. But after that, the constable switched off his phone and went missing, police added.
