BIJNOR: A case has been registered in Amroha’s Saidnangali police station against the family members of an 18-year-old girl who died under mysterious conditions and was hurriedly cremated by her family on Tuesday.
The case was registered based on a complaint by the village watchman.
On investigating the case, police learnt that the girl was in a relationship with a youth of another caste. Her family had to face taunts and abuse by villagers for the alleged “love affair”.
Humiliated that she had brought “shame” to the family, it is suspected that they murdered the girl in name of honour and cremated the body clandestinely, villagers alleged.
However, her family claimed that she had fever and succumbed to it. But they could not produce any medical documents to back their claim.
K Sharma, Saidnangali station house officer, said a case has been registered against the deceased's father, Madanpal Singh, and other family members under relevant sections of the IPC. A probe is on. The accused are at large and will soon be arrested, he added.
