Saturday, 17 August 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN
Even as the nation seeks action in the alleged rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata, a nurse in a private hospital in Rudrapur, Udham Singh Nagar was allegedly raped and brutally murdered. Her body was found over a week later dumped in a vacant plot in Dibdiba village, Uttar Pradesh near the Uttarakhand border and a man has been arrested for allegedly perpetrating the heinous crimes. She was missing since July 30 and her face was mutilated beyond recognition when the police recovered her body on August 8, the senior superintendent of police of Udham Singh Nagar Manjunath TC said. The spot from where the nurse’s body was recovered is not far from her residence in UP, near the border with Udham Singh Nagar district.
The police started the investigation into the case after the victim’s sister lodged a missing complaint on July 31, a day after the incident. Manjunath claimed that the victim was traced with the help of CCTV footage and by tracking the location of her mobile phone. According to him, the victim left the hospital on the evening of July 30 and was seen taking an e-rickshaw from Indra Chowk in Rudrapur in CCTV footage but did not reach her rented house where she stayed with her 11-year-old daughter. He said that the accused looted all the money from her purse, her mobile phone and other valuables and escaped after committing the crime.
The accused, Dharmendra, who worked as a labourer in Udham Singh Nagar’s Gadarpur, was arrested from Rajasthan on August 13 after the police traced the mobile of the victim. He belongs to Bareilly. He revealed during interrogation that he followed the nurse while she was returning home from work to rob her as he was in need of money. When she reached a deserted area, he forcibly took her to the bushes and throttled her with a scarf when she tried to scream. The accused then raped her and crushed her face with a stone. After committing the heinous act, he looted her belongings, including money, a mobile phone and other valuables, before fleeing the scene, the SSP said.
