55-year-old murdered during a theft attempt
Ghaziabad, Oct. 2 -- A 55-year-old scrap dealer was found murdered early Wednesday in his godown in Ilaichipur in Tronica City police station area, Loni, and police are probing the role of an unidentified thief who probably assaulted the victim, officers said. Police identified the deceased as Abdul Rehman, 55, originally from Budaun, and was sleeping in godown near his house on Tuesday night.
"The victim slept in the godown alone. It seems that some unidentified person had come in with an intent of theft and hit the victim on the head while he was sleeping. There were no visible marks of any resistance seen at the scene of the crime. The family has given us a complaint, and an FIR for murder is registered against an unidentified person," ACP (Loni circle) Siddharth Gautam.
Officials suspect the incident happened between 4am and 6am and intruder had entered godown by opening gate of the boundary wall. The victim used to lock the boundary wall gate from inside," the ACP added.
Officers said they have spotted an unidentified person on the area's CCTV footage during early hours near the godown....
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