Woman’s dead body found in Meerut, strangled to death with a knife
Meerut (IANS) | A woman has been found dead in Hastinapur police station area of Meerut district of UP. The woman was stabbed on her throat with a knife. The police gave this information on Monday. The deceased was identified as Meenu, a resident of Sarvodaya Nagar, Ghaziabad. According to the police, a call regarding a murder was received on Sunday following which a police team reached the spot on the banks of the Madhyaganga canal in Hastinapur area.
Additional Superintendent of Police (Country) Kamlesh Bahadur said the body of a 32-year-old woman was recovered, whose throat was slit with a sharp weapon. An Aadhaar card and mobile phone were recovered from the dead body of the woman on the spot.
The ASP said that the body has been kept in the mortuary at the district hospital for postmortem. Crime team and forensic team inspected the spot. At present the investigation is going on. A case is being registered under section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code.
The official said several teams have been formed to identify and nab the accused. Police teams are scanning CCTV cameras installed in the area for clues.
The investigation is on and efforts are on to crack the case, the official said.
–IANS
