Major breakthrough in Ankita murder case: Police obtain video footage of Shahrukh & Naeem purchasing petrol

Dumka, Sept 3: In a major breakthrough, Jharkhand police have obtained a video footage of accused Shahrukh Hussain and Naeem purchasing petrol from a local fuel station. This could be vital evidence needed to punish the accused in the Ankita murder case that took place in Dumka, Jharkhand.

 

 

According to the report, the police said it obtained video footage that showed the accused, Shahrukh and Naeem, purchasing petrol from a local fuel station on the night of August 22. “The video footage will help to prepare a water-tight chargesheet against both the accused in court,” a police official said.

 

On August 22-23 night, a horrifying murder took place when Shahrukh and Naeem poured petrol on the Class 12 girl from outside the window of her room when she was sleeping and set her afire. He had been stalking and harassing her to accept "friendship". According to her father, Shahrukh had also forced to convert to Islam and marry her. The minor girl was admitted to a hospital with 90 per cent burns. She died on Sunday, August 28.

 

 

Shahrukh was arrested and is currently in police custody. Another person, who allegedly had supplied petrol to Shahrukh, was also arrested by the police. The second accused has been identified as Chotu Khan alias Naeem.

Meanwhile, the chairperson of the apex child rights body, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), will travel to Dumka in Jharkhand on September 4 to meet the family of the victim.