Ghaziabad: Two men were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly beating a 31-year-old woman to death with a brick in Loni on Monday after she refused to marry one of them and move with him to Ahmedabad.Pintu Rajput (33) and his friend Aryan Kumar allegedly attacked the woman in Aryan’s rented room in Naipura around 8:30 pm on Nov 9. According to the FIR filed at the Loni Border police station, the woman, Pinky, lived with her husband and two children in the same locality.The FIR has been filed based on a complaint by her brother-in-law Amit. He alleged that Pintu and Aryan rented a room in the locality three or four days before the incident. The two allegedly contacted Pinky and asked her to visit them in the room to discuss her future with Pintu.Amit alleged that the men attacked Pinky with a brick, crushing her head, after she refused to marry Pintu. His relatives — Pravesh and Sumrit — allegedly witnessed the assault and tried to catch the accused, but they fled. Neighbours subsequently informed the police. Pinky died at the spot.A case has been filed against Pintu and Aryan under Section 103(1) (murder) of BNS and Section 3(2)(v) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.Police arrested the two men on Tuesday. Pintu allegedly told the cops that he befriended Pinky on Facebook about five months earlier when he was working at a company in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. He said he came to Loni Border a few days earlier to meet her and was staying in a room rented by Aryan.Pintu allegedly told police that he proposed marriage to Pinky, but she refused. On Nov 9, an argument over the matter broke out when she visited their room. He allegedly confessed that he and Aryan attacked her with a brick as part of a planned assault.ACP (Ankur Vihar) Amardeep Maurya said Pinky and Pintu were both from Bulandshahr and had been in contact for four to five months after becoming friends on social media. “Pinky had also visited Pintu in Ahmedabad,” he said. “They frequently argued over their future. Pintu wanted to return to Ahmedabad, while Pinky wanted to stay in Loni,” he added.Police said the brick used in the assault was recovered. Pintu is unmarried and has no previous criminal record, they added.A field unit inspected the crime scene, and the body was sent for post-mortem examination. Further investigation is under way.
