Suspect in murder of 19-year-old girl commits suicide

Mumbai Crime News: The body of a 19-year-old college student has been found in a government hostel room in Mumbai’s posh Marine Drive area. After the information of the case, the police reached the spot and registered a case of rape and murder. According to the police, the accused, identified as 30-year-old Om Prakash Kanojia, was absconding after the incident, but was found dead during investigation.

According to the Mumbai Police, the suspect, Om Prakash Kanojia, was working as a guard for 15 years at the Savitri Phule Girls Hostel, located near the Police Gymkhana in South Mumbai. An FIR has been registered at Marine Drive Police Station in connection with the matter. It is feared that the suspect had raped the college student. However, an official said that only after the post mortem report, something clear can be said.

According to information, the deceased student was a resident of Vidarbha in Maharashtra. Police had received information about the girl’s disappearance. No information was available about the student since Tuesday afternoon. His room on the fourth floor of the hostel was locked outside.

After investigation, when the police reached the hostel and broke open the lock of the girl’s room, they found her hanging from the ceiling fan with the help of a scarf. Additional Commissioner Abhinav Deshmukh said that we got information that a girl was missing in Savitri Bai Hostel and her room was locked from outside. She was found dead inside with a scarf tied around her neck. Police suspect that she was murdered after rape. We are probing the matter.

Suspect commits suicide by jumping in front of train

Police said a team led by Additional Commissioner Deshmukh and Marine Drive Senior Inspector Nilesh Bagul, along with other officials, was formed to search for the suspect in the case. The suspect was reported dead at a nearby railway station around 5.30 pm on Tuesday.

It is said that Om Prakash Kanojia reached Charni Road station behind the hostel on Netaji Subhash Road and lay down on the track near platform number one. According to preliminary investigation, he died after being hit by a train coming from Churchgate station.

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