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Woman cop found 'murdered', constable husband key suspect
Hindustan Times Lucknow
|July 31, 2025
The decomposed body of a 28-year-old woman police constable, who was missing for the last four days, was found near Barabanki's Bindaura area on Wednesday, police said.
Stating that she could have been murdered, they added that her husband, a police constable himself who was accused of raping her last year, was the key suspect in the case and on the run.
Inspector general (IG) of ‘Ayodhya police range Praveen Kumar said the Vimlesh Pal, who was found dead, was posted at the Subeha police station in Barabanki.
He said she was recruited into the police department in 2017 and lived in a rented accommodation in Barabanki.
This story is from the July 31, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Lucknow.
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