Daughter among four arrested for woman’s murder in Greater Noida

The suspects have been identified as Meenu and her husband Mahaveer, residents of Hateva village and their accomplices Ashok Singh and Bijan Singh, both residents of Mirzapur village in Greater Noida

A woman was arrested along with her husband and two other suspects on Sunday for allegedly murdering her mother in Dankaur area of Gautam Budh Nagar district.

All the suspects have been booked under Section 302 (punishment for murder) of the IPC and further investigations are underway, police said. (Picture for representation)

On Friday morning, Greater Noida police recovered a 56-year-old woman’s partially burnt body from her kitchen at Chaparghah village in Dankaur.

The suspects have been identified as Meenu and her husband Mahaveer, residents of Hateva village and their accomplices Ashok Singh and Bijan Singh, both residents of Mirzapur village in Greater Noida.

Investigation revealed that Veeramati Devi, the victim, was suffocated to death while she was asleep by her daughter Meenu. Later, she dragged her body into the kitchen and used petrol to burn it. The suspects also allegedly left the gas open before fleeing the scene to make it seem like an accident.

Radha Raman Singh, the station house officer of Dankaur police station said that the suspects entered the house late on Thursday night by jumping over the boundary wall.

“The victim was sleeping in one room while her grandson was sleeping in another room. The suspects smothered Veeramati with a pillow. Later they took the body from her bedroom to the kitchen and fled from the spot along with insurance policy papers, bank ATM cards and some other documents,” SHO Singh said.

All the suspects have been booked under Section 302 (punishment for murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and further investigations are underway, police said.