Missing MBBS student found dead near railway track, batchmate arrested, Probe On
Muzaffarnagar: In a shocking incident, the body of a first-year MBBS student of Muzaffarnagar Medical College who went missing from the hostel was discovered dead lying near a railway track by police in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday night.
Following the recovery of her dead body, the family members accused her male batchmate of abducting their daughter, killing her and then dumping her body near the railway track which is situated some distance away from her college premises.
Subsequently, the deceased medico's father filed a complaint at the police station against the batchmate. Based on the complaint, the police arrested him under sections 302 (murder), 366 (kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of the offence, or giving false information, to screen offender) of the Indian Penal Code.
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According to the Chief Administrative Officer of Medical College Prasanjeet, the victim was found missing during the head counting of the students in the hostel which is done every day at 9:30 pm. After several failed attempts to find her, the hostel authorities informed the police who immediately reached the spot and began a search operation.
While searching for the student, the police found her body near a railway track at Begarazpur village under the Mansurpur police station, towards the back side of the hostel of Muzaffarnagar Medical College, reports PTI.
During the investigation, the police examined the CCTV footage and found that the student left the hostel with her batchmate on Friday evening. Upon questioning the accused, the student told the police that they went for a walk on the railway track when she suddenly fell and got hit by a goods train leading to her death, as reported by Aajtak.
Meanwhile, the family members have alleged that the student had killed their daughter. Speaking to TOI, The deceased student's father said, “My daughter was a diligent student residing in the girls’ hostel. We suspect her classmate lured her outside the college gate on Thursday evening, abducted her and then killed her, dumping her body near the railway track.”
According to media reports, the cause of her death remains unclear and the police have launched an in-depth investigation into the matter.
