A case was registered in opposition to eight individuals for allegedly murdering a 14-year-old Dalit lady and projecting it as suicide in Uttar Pradesh’s Kasganj district on Saturday, police mentioned.
Fees of kidnapping the lady’s elder sister, 16, had been additionally slapped in opposition to the accused.
No arrests have been made on this connection to date. The accused embody kin and neighbours of a 18-year-old youth with whom the elder sister was in a relationship with, officers mentioned.
The elder sister was recovered by the police on Sunday.
“We’ll get her medical examination performed and report her assertion earlier than a Justice of the Peace. The lady would possibly present essential particulars about what occurred on Saturday afternoon,” mentioned Kasganj ASP Rajesh Kumar Bhartiya.
In the meantime, the police are conducting raids to hint the accused named within the FIR, which incorporates costs of homicide and kidnapping. The households of the women and the youth are into farming and their homes are situated shut to one another within the Dalit-dominated village, it’s learnt.
Police personnel have been deployed within the space to forestall any untoward incident.
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In line with the police, they acquired info on Saturday {that a} lady’s physique was discovered hanging in her home. Upon reaching the spot, they learnt that the lady’s elder sister had been kidnapped by the accused. The 2 women had been alone in the home on the time of the purported incident.
Through the preliminary inquiry, the police learnt that the lacking lady was in a relationship with the youth from one other group. It was additionally discovered that she eloped with the youth in January and had additionally taken alongside her youthful sister.
Each women returned with the boy three days later, resulting in a heated argument between the 2 households, it’s learnt. The matter was settled after a village assembly involving members of each communities was held.
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