In 5 am call to cops, man says wife raped and killed. He was arrested

Naresh Singh, who is in his early-30s and a resident of Ilahaabas village under Phase 2 police station limits, was arrested for reporting a false complaint and misguiding police, they said.

A man was arrested in Noida Wednesday after he called up the police control room and falsely claimed that his wife had been raped and killed, officials said.

A police team immediately reached the caller’s home in the village and found that everything was fine there,a police official said. (AFP FILE/ Representative Image)

Naresh Singh, who is in his early-30s and a resident of Ilahaabas village under Phase 2 police station limits, was arrested for reporting a false complaint and misguiding police, they said.

“Around 5 am today, he made a call at the emergency 100 number of the police and claimed that his wife has been raped and killed. A police team immediately reached his home in the village and found that everything was fine there,” a police official said.

“His wife too was there and she was alright,” he said.

Singh was booked under Indian Penal Code sections 107 (engaging in a conspiracy), 116 (Abetment of offence punishable with imprisonment — if offence be not committed), and section 151 of the Criminal Procedure Code, the policeman said.

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