By Aiswarya Raj
Uttarakhand’s Udham Singh Nagar district administration and police on Monday demolished a house belonging to a man accused of killing his live-in partner last year.
Mustaq Ahmad, a resident of Gori Kheda village in Udham Singh Nagar, had allegedly killed Pooja in November 2024 after she asked him to marry her. Her headless body was recovered from under a bridge in Udham Singh Nagar.
Police in Gurgaon, where Pooja is from, arrested Ahmad last week.
Pooja had met Ahmad, a taxi driver, for the first time in 2022. She had hailed his taxi from Udham Singh Nagar to travel to Gurgaon. Soon after, the two got into a relationship. Last November, Pooja’s sister filed a complaint at the Sector 5 police station in Gurgaon, reporting her missing.
Ahmad’s house was demolished on Monday, with officials saying it was an illegal encroachment. The action came under the direction of Udham Singh Nagar’s District Magistrate and SSP.
In a statement to the media, DM Nitin Bhadoria said a notice had been sent earlier regarding the illegal encroachment after they received a complaint from a local resident that an “outsider” encroached upon their land. “They demolished their house, and the administration and police were there to oversee the matter,” he said.
A statement from the police said, “A house illegally constructed by Ali Ahmad on ST land was demolished by the administration and police. Ali Ahmad’s son, Mustaq Ahmad, had brutally murdered a woman. The Gurugram police is currently investigating the murder. The administration and police will continue to identify encroachments on government land and take action as per rules.”
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