Priyanka(left) and her friend Anju
had been Miss Meerut in 2005 and also participated in other beauty pageants.
Both women were on Monday evening arrested from Meerut's TP Nagar area and booked for the murder of the elderly couple. The murders were committed on the night of November 10.
According to Meerut SSP Raghubir Lal, "We first thought it was a blind case because it was difficult to imagine that two young and educated women were behind it. It was the past of the girls' families that gave us clues."
Police said Priyanka, who had been a beauty queen and had done a fashion designing course after her graduation, was daughter of a retired junior engineer in the power corporation, Prem Singh, 64, and Santosh, 62. The family lived at 48, Prem Prayag Colony.
Prem Singh, according to the police, suspected his wife, Santosh, of having illicit relations with someone and that Priyanka was an illegitimate child.
According to Meerut SSP Raghubir Lal, "Priyanka (Miss Meerut 2005) was always badly treated and abused by her family, including an elder brother and sister, who live outside Meerut. Priyanka was the youngest of three children."
A few years ago, Priyanka met 25-year-old Anju of Amroha, who was herself a much abused child. It is suspected that her father had been murdered by a close relative when she was just a child. And, she had also been abused by some relatives. Her mother, according to the cops, married her off and sent her to live with her maternal grandmother in Meerut where the two girls met.
According to police sources, the bodies of Prem Singh and Santosh were found in their house on November 11. The burly family dog had been tied up on the terrace, leading the police to suspect that some family member could be involved.
Investigations led the police to arrest two women who confessed to the crimes.
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