“Malihabad rape bid, murder: Main accused killed in police encounter, brother arrested”, Hindustan Times, March 22, 2025:
“Two brothers with criminal background were behind the sensational murder and alleged rape bid on the 32-year-old woman, whose body was found dumped in a mango orchard in Malihabad on Wednesday.
Nearly 72 hours after the crime, the Lucknow Police on Friday night gunned down the main accused, Ajay Kumar, 26, with a ₹1 lakh bounty and arrested his brother Dinesh Kumar, 35, of Dubagga, earlier in the day.
The police also seized the e-autorickshaw from Dinesh’s possession that was allegedly used by the accused for abducting the woman on the pretext of ferrying her to Chinhat, where the deceased’s brother lives. “Ajay Kumar was injured in retaliatory firing by the police. He was taken to the KGMU, where doctors declared him dead,” said commissioner of police Amrendra K Sengar……”
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