Bhopal: Three males had been arrested on Thursday for allegedly raping and murdering a 14-year-old lady from Rajasthan, whose physique was discovered stuffed in a sack and dumped in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur district 5 months in the past, police stated.
The accused had been recognized as Badri Ninama (42), his brother Ramalal Ninama (50), each building employees of a personal hospital in Udaipur, and Badri’s pal Ramesh Meena (35).
“This was one of many hardest blind circumstances that now we have dealt with. The minor lady’s physique was discovered however no lacking individual report matched her description throughout the three states — Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra. Our crew visited at the least 20 police stations in an effort to establish the lady,” Mandsaur superintendent of police (SP) Abhishek Anand stated.
The police discovered the minor’s physique on December 27, 2024. As a result of situation of the physique, it was cremated in December however the investigation continued, the officer stated.
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A necklace product of 28 herbs, crafted in Rajasthan’s Pratapgarh district and reportedly used to “deal with completely different illnesses,” was discovered across the lady’s neck and helped the police make a breakthrough within the case.
“5 months in the past, a quack in Ujjain recognised the natural necklace and knowledgeable the police that it had been made by a quack in Salamgarh village of Pratapgarh to deal with completely different illnesses. An aged man recognized the necklace in Salamgarh and recalled that two males from close by Barwas Kalan village had bought it about six-seven months in the past,” the SP stated.
The 2 males had been recognized as Badri and Ramalal, each building employees of PIMS (Pacific Institute of Medical Sciences) hospital in Udaipur. “Their neighbours knowledgeable that the lads had been seen with a younger lady a number of months in the past who they claimed returned to her residence,” SP Anand added.
The Ninama brothers, who had been detained on Wednesday, stated that the lady was “deserted on the hospital on account of her sickness after her mom’s demise.” The police recognized the lady on Wednesday with the data shared by the accused and with the assistance of information of the hospital.
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“Badri took her to his village on the pretext of offering remedy. And as a substitute of remedy, Ninama brothers together with Badri’s pal Ramesh Meena, 35, raped her repeatedly. When the lady’s situation worsened, they smothered her to demise. They disposed the physique in Mandsaur to cowl up the crime,” the SP stated.
Her father, when contacted on Wednesday, stated he believed she was nonetheless receiving remedy on the hospital, which is why he didn’t file a lacking individual’s grievance.
The police can even interrogate the daddy, who is anticipated to succeed in Mandsaur on Thursday evening, to analyze if the case includes human trafficking.
“Police arrested all three accused and produced earlier than the court docket on Thursday. They had been despatched on police remand,” the SP stated.
