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A 22-year-old antheral allegedly murdered a Dalit pistillate and abducted her girl astatine a colony successful Meerut connected Thursday (January 8, 2026) morning, constabulary said.
The incidental has triggered hostility successful the locality, prompting authorities to deploy further constabulary forces. The deceased was identified arsenic the parent of a 20-year-old woman.
According to the police, the incidental occurred astir 8 a.m. astatine Kapsad colony successful the Sardhana country erstwhile the 2 women were walking toward their fields.
They were intercepted adjacent a canal by the accused, identified arsenic Paras, who worked arsenic a compounder for a section doctor.
Reacting to the incident, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) main Mayawati termed the occurrence “tragic and worrying”.
“The caller incidental successful Sardhana constabulary presumption country of Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, wherever a Dalit parent was murdered and her girl abducted, is highly tragic, shameful, and profoundly concerning,” she wrote successful a station connected X.
“The authorities indispensable instrumentality these incidents of usurpation of women’s dignity and consequent execution with utmost seriousness and instrumentality contiguous and strict enactment against the culprits to forestall transgression elements from committing specified heinous acts successful the future. The authorities indispensable wage capable attention, particularly to the contented of women’s safety,” she added.
Preliminary investigations suggest that Paras and the 20-year-old pistillate were acquaintances from the aforesaid village.
The constabulary said the accused began misbehaving with the women. When the parent objected, Paras allegedly struck her connected the caput with a sharp-edged sugarcane-cutting weapon. He past forcibly took the younger pistillate away.
Villagers reached the spot upon proceeding the victim’s cries and took the injured pistillate to a hospital. She aboriginal succumbed to her injuries during treatment.
The decease led to protests astatine the hospital, wherever activists and members of the Bhim Army demanded the contiguous apprehension of the accused. The demonstrations led to little altercations with the police.
Senior officials, including Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Vipin Tada, were contiguous astatine the site, and talks with the deceased’s household and villagers went connected for respective hours.
The SSP assured the household that a lawsuit has been registered nether stringent provisions against 2 accused based connected the family’s complaint.
“More than 10 constabulary teams are moving crossed districts to apprehend the accused and guarantee the girl’s harmless recovery. Both hail from the aforesaid village. We are acting swiftly connected each leads,” helium said.
District Magistrate Dr. V.K. Singh told PTI that the household has received a cheque of Rs 10 lakh from the Chief Minister’s Office. The medication was besides considering to supply an arms licence to the household successful presumption of information concerns, helium said.
The household has been assured that the remaining accused would beryllium arrested and strict enactment volition beryllium taken against them. Additionally, contiguous information volition beryllium provided for the family, the DM said, adding that the instrumentality and bid concern successful the country is presently peaceful.
Circle Officer Ashutosh Kumar said a lawsuit has been registered based connected the complaint.
Family refuses to execute past rites, request harmless instrumentality of girl
Grief simmered successful Kapsad colony successful Sardhana country successful Meerut connected Friday (January 9), adjacent arsenic a dense constabulary unit has been deployed to support instrumentality and order, officials said.
The deceased pistillate was cremated precocious successful the evening pursuing respective hours of negotiations betwixt the grieving household and the administration.
Earlier, the household had refused to execute the past rites, demanding the apprehension of the accused and strict enactment against alleged amerciable constructions by them successful the area, and seeking the harmless betterment of the missing daughter.
