A week after a girl’s body was recovered in several pieces, the police on Sunday arrested two youngster, including the teen’s lover, in connection with the case.
The lover subsequently confessed to killing the girl in a “fit of rage” after finding out she had shared her pictures with some male friends.
The body of Rajni (name changed), a law student who had gone missing a week ago near her residence here, was recovered a day later in several plastic bags near a super speciality hospital in the state capital. The body’s upper portion had been packed into a sack and thrown near a busy highway.
The cops on Sunday arrested Himanshu Prajapati, Rajni’s lover, and his friend Anuj on charges of murder.
Lucknow police chief Yashshvi Yadav told reporters here that Himanshu “loved Rajni deeply” and had killed her “in a fit of rage” after he found out she had shared her pictures with some male friends.
Yadav said Himanshu had taken her to his home last Sunday after having a dinner outside. As he suspected that Rajni had other friends as well, he forced her to unlock her cell phone and saw that she had shared her pictures.
“Himanshu got so angry that he strangled Rajni and left home leaving her there”, Yadav said adding that Rajni had lost consciousness but was still alive.
Himanshu had Anuj buy a handsaw and “cut” Rajni into pieces in a bid to make her identification difficult, packed the body pieces in several polythene packets and threw at different places in the area.
The police have recovered the handsaw and Rajni’s cell phone.
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