Overview
- Rekha Verma, 37, was found seated near a drain in Gomti Nagar’s Vishal Khand-2 on Monday, with the postmortem still inconclusive on cause of death.
- DCP East said e-rickshaw driver Devendra Singh and Suraj Pal, both 24, met her near a liquor shop, drank in a hut, argued, and pushed her before she fell and became unresponsive, according to the police account.
- Investigators say the pair waited until about 3 am, moved the body in an e-rickshaw, and propped it upright against a wall to delay identification.
- Police report recovering two e-rickshaws, the woman’s footwear from the dump site, and a photocopy of her Aadhaar card from the hut, with CCTV footage tracing the vehicle.
- The FIR under BNS Section 103(1) now also includes Section 238 for destroying evidence, while a family allegation naming a purported partner was rejected by police.