According to Criminal Procedure Code Section 164 (Power to record statements and confessions by a magistrate), both women recorded their individual statements while the suspect was present.
"The accused threatened and pressurised the woman to withdraw the case. When the woman refused, the man killed her by drowning in a tub of water," police said.
Amid a row over Tamil Nadu Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin's remarks, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national spokesperson Sambit Patra on Wednesday accused the INDIA alliance of conspiring to abolish "Hinduism".
The accused were identified as Mohammad Tahir (30) and Sohan Lal Meskar (35), residents of Shahjahanabad, Bhopal and Sharda Devi (40), a resident of Bihar.
"The development came four days after AGTF in a pan-India operation had arrested three key shooters of Gangster Sonu Khatri after recovering three foreign-made sophisticated pistols of .32 bore from their possession. Accused Sukhman Brar was arrested from the Indo-Nepal Border, while he was
Based on the complaint on Sunday, a case has been registered against D Sudhakar, Srinivas and Bhagyamma for atrocities on Dalits, fraud, assault and caste abuse. Sudhakar has been made the second accused in the case.
Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Court has acquitted four men who were accused of having links with banned separatist outfits pertaining to possession of explosive material for want of evidence, reported The News International.
According to Bharatpur Superintendent of Police Mridul Kachhawa, "Presently Haryana Police is taking legal action against the accused and our officers are in touch with them. When the legal action of Haryana Police is completed then the district police will start a legal action."
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal Secular (JDS) of 'doing politics' on the Cauvery water-sharing issue.
A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Monday sentenced 10-year rigorous imprisonment to the sixth accused in the East Champaran fake currency case.