In a shocking incident, a 40-year-old ASHA worker was found dead in Uttar Pradesh‘s Badaun. The ASHA worker’s body was found in a maize field in the Alapur area.
Police suspect a case of sexual assault
According to PTI, the police officials suspect a case of sexual assault, adding the exact cause of the death will be confirmed following an autopsy.
Woman had gone for a vaccination drive
A senior police official said that the deceased has been identified as Rajkumari, wife of Raghvendra Jatav. She was a resident of Hayatnagar village. She had gone to Kundan Nagla village for a vaccination drive.
The senior official said she was last seen on a scooty with a nurse and later went missing.
Criminal carrying Rs 1 lakh bounty killed in police encounter
The police said that her body was recovered from a maize field in Kharkholi village. The police sent the body for postmortem, and an autopsy report will establish the cause of death.
In a separate incident, a notorious criminal, Sonu alias Bhurre, carrying a bounty of Rs 1 lakh, was killed in a police encounter in Gonda in Uttar Pradesh, during the intervening night of May 19 and 20, police said on May 20.
थाना उमरीबेगमगंज,थाना खोड़ारे पुलिस व एस0ओ0जी0 टीम की संयुक्त कार्यवाही में 01 लाख रूपये का इनामिया शातिर बदमाश पुलिस मुठभेड़ में हुआ ढेर, कब्जे से 01 मोटरसाइकिल (बिना नम्बर), 01 अदद अवैध पिस्टल .32 बोर मय खोखा कारतूस व 01 अदद अवैध तमंचा 315 बोर मय खोखा कारतूस बरामद- pic.twitter.com/0BC9PDRBhz
— Gonda Police (@gondapolice) May 20, 2025
The encounter occurred in a joint operation by the Umri Begamganj Police, Khodare Police, and the Special Operations Group (SOG) team under the Umri Begamganj police station area.
थाना उमरी बेगमगंज क्षेत्रांतर्गत एक लाख रुपए के इनामिया बदमाश से हुई पुलिस मुठभेड़ के संबंध में पुलिस अधीक्षक गोंडा श्री विनीत जायसवाल की बाइट- pic.twitter.com/LU4Mpf9JyS
— Gonda Police (@gondapolice) May 20, 2025
According to Superintendent of Police, Gonda, Vineet Jaiswal, the criminal opened fire on the police team with the intent to kill, with one bullet hitting the bulletproof jacket of the Station House Officer of Umri Begamganj.
In a retaliatory firing by the police in self-defence, the accused sustained gunshot injuries. He was immediately rushed to a hospital for treatment, but succumbed to his injuries.
An unidentified motorcycle without a number plate, an illegal pistol, an illegal country-made firearm, and live as well as used cartridges were seized from the possession of the criminal, police said.
