Uttar Pradesh lecturer’s murder solved
Ravindra Pradhan, who surrendered Sunday, and his accomplice Yogesh killed Kavita Rani, 29, two months ago after she demanded a bigger share of the Rs.3.5 million former irrigation minister Meerajuddin had paid up after he was filmed in a compromising position, police said.
‘The duo had given her a drink mixed with drugs and later strangled her. Her body was then tied and put in a bag filled with stones and thrown in a canal,’ Meerut police chief Navneet Sikhera told reporters.
Pradhan had admitted to having thrown Rani’s body in a canal in Sanauta in Bulandshahr Oct 24, the official said.
Pradhan, who was present at the press conference, told reporters the former minister had paid the money to prevent the sleaze video from being made public.