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Brother, Friend Arrested in Killing of 19-Year-Old Near Manesar, Police Say

Investigators allege a motive to stop her planned marriage against family wishes.

The victim's brother plotted the crime along with his 30-year-old friend, who raped and strangled the woman.
The accused in police custody.
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Overview

  • Police identified the accused as Ravinder, 28, and his friend Pushpender, 30, and the victim as Sushila, 19, a native of Etah in Uttar Pradesh.
  • Investigators say the friend lured her on December 10, sexually assaulted her, and strangled her with a scarf before calling the brother to help dispose of the body in a derelict tin-and-brick structure near Gwalior village.
  • Officers cite the brother’s fear of social disgrace over her choice of partner as the reason the pair conspired to kill her.
  • The body was discovered on December 13 with strangulation marks on the neck and a word written on her right wrist, according to police.
  • A murder case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita has been registered at Manesar police station, the accused are to be produced in court as police seek custody, and DNA and related forensic tests are planned.