MEERUT:

police has arrested a woman constable and two others, including her lover, for staging fake loot with an aim to frame her in-laws with whom she had strained relationship. Her husband is also a constable and both were posted in Ghaziabad.

On September 16, constable Renu Singh was reportedly found with a bullet injury in her hand in Naithla village of Baghpat. An FIR for loot was registered against unknown persons for divesting her of her two-wheeler and robbing Rs 2 lakh, apart from shooting at her.

Detailing, circle officer Baghpat, OP Singh, said, “Renu Singh is stationed as a constable at the women police station in Ghaziabad. Her husband, Anuj, too, is a constable working with Dial 100 in Ghaziabad. Renu was having strained relations for the past few months with her husband and in-laws, so much so that on September 15 a panchayat was conducted at their village in Baraut to sort out the matter. Meanwhile, she was in an affair with one Manish, with whom she staged a fake loot case to frame her in-laws.”

The couple had been married for six years and had a child. Renu took help of Manish and his friend Vikas to stage the loot. “She asked Manish to shoot at her in the hand and then Vikas dropped her near the police station. Manish then burnt her scooty in a jungle. She approached the police and alleged that Rs 2 lakh were stolen from her after she was shot at and her scooty, too, was stolen,” said Singh. She had plans to frame her in-laws in the case but failed after the police checked the location of her mobile and followed the route.

“A case has been filed against the three accused – Renu, Manish and Vikas – under IPC 120 (b) (whoever is a party to a criminal conspiracy to commit an offence punishable with death) and they have been sent to jail,” said Singh.