Nurse in Uttarakhand raped, killed while returning from work; accused held

Nurse raped, killed, and robbed in Uttarakhand, accused arrested in Rajasthan

A nurse of a private hospital in Uttarakhand’s Rudrapur was allegedly raped, killed and her body dumped in a vacant plot in an Uttar Pradesh village near the Uttarakhand border, police said on Friday (August 16, 2024).

Missing since July 30 while returning home from work, the nurse's body was recovered from Dibdiba village on August 8 with her face mutilated beyond recognition, Superintendent of Police of Uttarakhand's Udham Singh Nagar Manjunath TC said.

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According to police, the accused, after committing the crime, looted all the money from her purse, her mobile phone and other valuables and fled.

The spot from where the nurse's body was recovered is not far from her residence in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur district which is on the border of Uttarakhand's Udham Singh Nagar district.

Police began an investigation into the case after the victim's sister lodged a missing complaint on July 31, a day after the incident. SSP Manjunath said the victim was traced with the help of CCTV footage and by tracking the location of her mobile phone.

The accused, Dharmendra, who worked as a labourer in Uttarakhand's Gadarpur, was arrested from Rajasthan on August 13, the police officer said, adding the accused hails from Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh.