Five persons were arrested today in connection with the alleged rape and killing of a 15-year-old girl who was missing from her house in the Krishna Nagar area here since December last year, police said.
Senior Superintendent of Police Vaibhav Krishna said that on December 27, a missing report was lodged by the parents of the girl at Modinagar police station.
On January 12, the minor's body was found in the jungle near Mohiuddinpur area of district Meerut, he added.
The police official claimed that after meticulous investigation over several months, five persons: Sumit, Sonu, Ramesh, Rajiv and Aarif were arrested by the Modinagar police and the crime branch today from Modinagar Circle.
"The prime accused Sumit confessed he was in love with the girl and on December 26 he took her in Vijay Nagar area and cohabited with her after which she was mounting pressure on him for marriage. Upon rejection of the proposal she threatened lodge an FIR against him," a police official said.
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