4 held for murdering woman who resisted rape attempt

Police arrested four persons on the charge of murdering a 40-year-old woman who resisted a rape attempt by them. The incident was reported on March 29 in West Delhi’s Uttam Nagar area. The accused were identified as Bir Pal (21), Mohd Naseem alias Sameer (25), Jitender alias Jai Pal (28), Mantu Sharma (27). Police said a fifth accused Naresh, alias Anna (28), is absconding. A team of police officers have been sent to Mathura to nab him.

The incident was reported on March 29 when police received a call that a body of a woman was lying in a park in Krishna Colony, Uttam Nagar. The body was later identified as that of a woman who was staying at a night shelter in East Uttam Nagar, police said.

Police said on the intervening night March 28-29, Mohd Naseem and Naresh picked the woman from the Rainbasera around 2.30 am and took her to a park where they tried to rape her.

“When the woman tried to resist, they attacked her with stones and beer bottles,” a police officer said.