This Article is From Jan 08, 2024

3 Iranian Women, Man Arrested For Killing 22-Year-Old Relative In Noida

22-year-old Iranian woman Zeenat was killed in a knife attack on Friday during a fight between her family and her relatives, who were all living on different floors in the same building in Noida.

3 Iranian Women, Man Arrested For Killing 22-Year-Old Relative In Noida

Zeenat was stabbed in the neck by her relatives

Noida:

Three women and a young man -- all natives of Iran -- were arrested by the Noida Police on Sunday over the murder of their relative here, officials said.

A 22-year-old Iranian woman Zeenat was killed in a knife attack on Friday night during a fight between her family and her relatives, who were all living on different floors in the same building in Noida's Sector 116, they said.

Zeenat was stabbed in the neck by her relatives and was rushed to a hospital but did not survive, they added.

The local Sector 113 police station lodged an FIR on Saturday after a complaint from Zeenat's family and booked eight members of the other side, four of whom were arrested on Sunday, a police spokesperson said.

"The FIR was lodged under the IPC sections 147, 148, 149 (all related to rioting), 323 (assault), 307 (attempt to murder) and 302 (murder) against the accused who all hail from Tehran in Iran," the police spokesperson said.

Those arrested have been identified as Farsid Hamidani (18), Zara Bodagizadadhe (38), Zarinaz Rahimipur (34), and Zeenat Ahmadi (27), the police said.

Four other members of two related families are at large, police said, adding further legal proceedings in the case are underway. 

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

.