Kaithal: Mother among 5 held for teenager’s murder

In a shocking case of a murder controversy, the Guhla police have arrested five persons, including two women, for the death of a 15-year-old girl.

The crime came to light after the victim’s mother confessed during her daughter’s ‘rasam kriya’ on Sunday that the girl had not died in an accident, but was killed as part of a planned conspiracy. A Kaithal police spokesperson said a man from Yamunanagar district filed a complaint stating that, on May 19, his wife left home with their daughter, saying they were going to a satsang in Kurukshetra.

The next day, when he called his wife, she claimed they were still at the satsang and would return the next day. Later, she returned home claiming that the girl had died in a road accident.

The family performed her last rites, believing the story. However, the mother’s changing statements raised suspicion. During the ‘rasam kriya’ ritual on Sunday, she confessed to the crime. The mother, a factory worker, revealed that one of her co-workers, Rekha from Bakana village, introduced her to Laddi of Hansumajra in Kaithal. She developed a physical relationship with him. Later, Laddi threatened to expose the affair unless she brought her daughter to him. Rekha also pressured her to agree, she added.

On May 19, on the pretext of a satsang, she and Rekha took the girl to a room in Laddi’s house. There, the mother gave the girl a powder-like substance given to her by Laddi.

Later, Laddi entered the girl’s room, and screams were heard from the room soon after. After hearing the screams, the mother and Rekha rushed in. Laddi handed them another dose, which they forced the girl to swallow.

She began foaming at the mouth, the spokesperson said.

Laddi’s brother, Ranjeet, called a local doctor, Rajesh, who administered an injection, after which the girl died.

They then called another Ranjeet, a driver, and their neighbour, Mithu. They group dumped the body at the Dhaulra bus stop to make it look like an accident, and the mother went home.

A Zero FIR was initially filed at Radaur, and later transferred to Guhla. Sub-inspector Vijender Singh and other team members had arrested five accused — the mother of the girl, Rekha, Rajesh, Ranjeet, and Ranjeet Singh, the spokesperson said.The accused were produced before the court on Tuesday and were remanded in one-day police custody, said the police spokesperson.