Unnao Police Claims To Solve Murder Case Of 2 Dalit Girls; They Were Poisoned By A Jilted Lover

Police in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh has claimed that they cracked the murder case of two minor Dalit girls who were found dead in their field on Wednesday.

Police on Friday evening said that they have arrested two people including a minor in connection with the double murder.

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Uttar Pradesh Police on Friday said that one of the arrested identified as Vinay alias Lambu in his confession said that he had fallen in love with one of the girls and offered her water laced with pesticides after she rejected his advances.

Police said they are not revealing the name of the arrested juvenile. Both are residents of Pathakpura, a village adjacent to Baburaha where the girls were found in an unconscious state on Wednesday.

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Addressing a press conference on Friday, Lucknow Inspector General of Police (IG) Laxmi Singh said investigators had received information that the accused were seen running away on the day the incident.

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Arrested through a tip-off

"We got a tip-off on Friday morning by an informant from the village that two persons were seen running away from the agricultural field around the time of the incident. On the basis of that information, we have arrested both of them," the Inspector-General said.

The IG said during questioning, Vinay revealed that he had befriended one of the girls, the eldest of the three, who are related, during the lockdown and they used to talk to each other in the fields.

"He fell in love with the girl and confessed his love but she refused and also didn't give him her phone number. He then he decided to kill her," the police official said.

IG Laxmi Singh said Vinay offered 'namkeen' to the girl when she came to the field. When she asked for water, he handed her a bottle of water that was laced with pesticides.

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"The other two girls also drank from the same water bottle that had pesticides mixed in it. Vinay said he tried to stop the other two from drinking the water but could not do so. When the girls fainted and started frothing from their mouths, he panicked and fled the spot along with his companion," she added.

IG said that further investigation is underway and the police are looking to substantiate Vinay's claims.

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The last rites of two girls, aged 13 and 16 were performed in Unnao on Friday morning, while the third girl continues to remain critical in a hospital.