Body Buried by Friends…
The search for a missing student has led the Noida police to come across a shocking crime in which four youngsters murdered a friend after a party brawl and buried his body in an open field.
Yash Mittal, son of a businessman and student at a Noida-based university, has been missing from his hostel since Monday.
His father Deepak Mittal informed police after he started getting ransom messages, demanding Rs. 6 crores in return for his son's release.
When police scanned CCTV footage of the campus, they saw Yash leaving the university on Monday while speaking over the phone.
Call records of his phone led them to his friend Rachit. On questioning him, police learned that Yash would often hang out with Rachit, Shivam, Sushant, and Shubham.
"On February 26, they called Yash to a field in Gajraula in Uttar Pradesh's Amroha (about 100 km away) for a party. He joined them soon after.
During the party, a brawl broke out. They killed Yash and buried the body in the field.
We recovered the body after a friend identified the location," senior police officer Saad Miya Khan said.
Police tracked down the other accused in Dadri. The accused tried to escape; but were caught by police after an encounter.
"We have arrested three accused. One more accused, Shubham, is on the run. We will catch him soon," the officer added.
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