BAREILLY: A 21-year-old woman who went missing on Thursday night was found dead under mysterious circumstances in a guava orchard in a neighbouring village in UP’s Budaun district on Friday morning.
Police have recovered Rs 85,000, her Aadhaar card, some jewellery and her bank passbook from her handbag, lying nearby.
Police suspect that she could either be a victim of honour killing or was murdered by the person with whom she was going to elope. Preliminary probe suggests that she was strangled to death.
The girl’s father told police that his daughter went missing soon after Diwali prayers on Thursday night. She took some cash and her documents with her. He did not inform anyone that she was missing fearing social stigma. But he tried to find her on his own.
OP Singh, Budaun SSP, who visited the spot, said, “The girl’s father suspects that his daughter was killed by a local man but is yet to lodge a complaint. He has sought time to consult his lawyer. We are scanning the call details of the girl and awaiting her post-mortem report.”
