Cops recover half-burnt body of girl from her funeral pyre

  • | Wednesday | 22nd August, 2018

On Tuesday morning, six men of the family quietly took her body for cremation.”“As soon they took the body, Sumitra ran towards police station and informed us about her daughter’s death. Our team rushed to Rudhav village and recovered the half-burnt body from the pyre. We have sent the body for postmortem to ascertain whether she hanged herself or was strangulated to death,” the SHO said. AGRA: Nasirpur police in Firozabad district on Tuesday pulled out the half-burnt body of a girl from her funeral pyre on receiving a complaint from her mother, who claimed that her daughter committed suicide after being tortured by her family members. The girl was fasting and needed clean utensil to eat fruits.

AGRA: Nasirpur police in Firozabad district on Tuesday pulled out the half-burnt body of a girl from her funeral pyre on receiving a complaint from her mother, who claimed that her daughter committed suicide after being tortured by her family members. The woman said that her daughter had protested against non-veg food after which she was assaulted and humiliated by their family members.Identified as Vishakha Singh (18), the victim hailed from Rudhav village. Based on her mother’s (Sumitra Devi) complaint, police have booked six people under IPC sections 306 (abetment of suicide) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender).Speaking to TOI, KP Singh, station house officer of Nasirpur police station, said, “Sumitra in her written complaint claimed that her daughter was assaulted and humiliated by her husband and and uncle on Monday night after she protested against mutton being served in dinner. The girl was fasting and needed clean utensil to eat fruits. Shattered after the abuse, she hanged herself in her room. On Tuesday morning, six men of the family quietly took her body for cremation.”“As soon they took the body, Sumitra ran towards police station and informed us about her daughter’s death. Our team rushed to Rudhav village and recovered the half-burnt body from the pyre. Though the victim’s limbs were completely burnt, her torso and head is intact. We have sent the body for postmortem to ascertain whether she hanged herself or was strangulated to death,” the SHO said.

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