Youth sent to Tihar jail for killing woman
5 March 2013 1:15 AM GMT
A youth, who had shot dead an alleged sex worker as she was opposing his relationship with another woman, was remanded on Monday in 13 days’ judicial custody by a Delhi court.
Metropolitan Magistrate Sudhanshu Kaushik sent accused Munshi Ram Yadav, 25, to judicial custody (JC) till 16 March after the police did not seek his further custody.
‘The accused (Yadav) has been produced from police custody.... The investigating officer needs no further custody. The accused is remanded to judicial custody till 16 March. He be produced from jail on 16 March,’ the court said.
Yadav was produced in the court after expiry of his seven days’ police remand. On 25 February, Yadav was sent to police custody as the cops wanted to take him to Saharsa in Bihar to find out source of the weapon used in the crime.
Earlier, the police had sought Yadav’s custody saying he had bought a country-made pistol from Bihar to kill the woman whom he allegedly shot twice on 24 February night near Sarai Kale Khan close to the busy Inter State Bus Terminal (ISBT) and a PCR van.
According to the police, Yadav killed 25-year-old Pooja as she was against his relationship with another woman who was also allegedly working under her as a sex worker.
As Pooja was not allowing that woman to marry Yadav, he went to Bihar and bought a pistol and nine bullets to eliminate the victim, it said. The police said the accused was looking for an opportunity to kill the victim, a resident of Bhajanpura in north -east Delhi, since morning. They also told the court that seven bullets have been recovered from him.
He has been booked for murder and under provisions of the Arms Act. The accused was apprehended by some passers-by when he was trying to escape and handed over to police.
Metropolitan Magistrate Sudhanshu Kaushik sent accused Munshi Ram Yadav, 25, to judicial custody (JC) till 16 March after the police did not seek his further custody.
‘The accused (Yadav) has been produced from police custody.... The investigating officer needs no further custody. The accused is remanded to judicial custody till 16 March. He be produced from jail on 16 March,’ the court said.
Yadav was produced in the court after expiry of his seven days’ police remand. On 25 February, Yadav was sent to police custody as the cops wanted to take him to Saharsa in Bihar to find out source of the weapon used in the crime.
Earlier, the police had sought Yadav’s custody saying he had bought a country-made pistol from Bihar to kill the woman whom he allegedly shot twice on 24 February night near Sarai Kale Khan close to the busy Inter State Bus Terminal (ISBT) and a PCR van.
According to the police, Yadav killed 25-year-old Pooja as she was against his relationship with another woman who was also allegedly working under her as a sex worker.
As Pooja was not allowing that woman to marry Yadav, he went to Bihar and bought a pistol and nine bullets to eliminate the victim, it said. The police said the accused was looking for an opportunity to kill the victim, a resident of Bhajanpura in north -east Delhi, since morning. They also told the court that seven bullets have been recovered from him.
He has been booked for murder and under provisions of the Arms Act. The accused was apprehended by some passers-by when he was trying to escape and handed over to police.
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