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Journalist Pooja Tiwari death: Police recreates crime scene

The forensic team will place the result of the recreated scene in the court

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Press Trust of India Faridabad
Forensic team today recreated the "fall" of local journalist Pooja Tiwari, who allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the fifth floor of her residential building here last month, police said today.

To know the truth, forensic officer S K Aggarwal recreated the scene as narrated by the accused police inspector Amit Kumar, who was with Tiwari on the night of May 2. Kumar was taken to the crime spot with the permission of the court, they said.

The forensic team will place the result of the recreated scene in the court, ACP Astha Modi said.

On May 2, 28-year-old woman journalist Pooja Tiwari, working with an online news portal, had allegedly committed suicide in Faridabad by jumping from the fifth floor of her residential building, but her family suspects foul play in her death and has demanded a CBI probe into it.
 
On May 6, Haryana Police inspector Amit Kumar was arrested in connection with the case. He was present at the fifth-floor flat in Sector 46 from where Pooja allegedly fell to her death.

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First Published: Jun 30 2016 | 1:57 AM IST

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