Two held for abducting, killing Delhi youth in U.P.’s Baghpat

Police reported that a 20-year-old youth was reportedly kidnapped from his residence in Delhi’s Kartar Nagar area by relatives of a 20-year-old woman he was romantically involved with. He was later fatally assaulted in a village in Baghpat district, Uttar Pradesh, on Saturday night, July 6.

Police have arrested woman’s two maternal uncles identified as Sohanpal and Akash and raids are being conducted to arrest other named accused. ASP of Baghpat NP Singh said that a case of murder had been registered against five people including the woman’s two maternal uncles, father and mother.

Tragic Love Affair Turns Deadly in Delhi and Baghpat

“Both the woman and the youth were adult and neighbours in Kartar Nagar locality of Delhi and fell in love,” Singh added. He said the woman’s maternal uncles, residents of Baghpat’s Pabla Begmabad village, hatched the conspiracy to kill the youth as they were upset over their relationship.

After thrashing the youth, they were taking him to a hospital when a police patrol car intercepted them during checking on Saturday night. They caught Sohanpal and Akash while two others managed to escape, the cop said. The injured youth was later taken to a hospital where doctors declared him brought dead.

About the case in short

A Delhi University student, Himanshu Sharma, was allegedly abducted from Delhi, taken to Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, and beaten to death on accusations of rape and blackmail by the family of a girl. Himanshu’s family denies the allegations, stating there was no relationship. Police have arrested two suspects and filed an FIR against seven. Himanshu’s mother, a single parent, described the tragic events leading to his death, lamenting the loss of her son and questioning why the matter escalated to murder instead of being resolved peacefully.

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