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A girl was allegedly killed and buried in entrance of her home by her in-laws, who managed to maintain the key, and the physique, hidden for nearly two months by reporting her lacking.
The lady, Tannu Kumar, a local of Shikohabad in Firozabad district in Uttar Pradesh, had married Arun Singh of Roshan Nagar space right here two years in the past.
Her father, Hakim, alleged that police refused to hearken to his grievance even after he raised suspicion in regards to the freshly lined pit, which he witnessed when he visited his brother-in-law’s home.
Police have booked at Palla Police Station 4 of the in-laws’ household – Bhoop Singh, initially from UP’s Mainpuri, his spouse Sonia, son Arun Singh, and daughter Kajal.
An knowledgeable supply mentioned Bhoop Singh and Arun Singh have been taken into police custody and are being interrogated.
In response to police, on April 23, Arun Singh and his father known as for an earthmover and used it to have a 10-foot deep pit dug on the street in entrance of their home.
The subsequent day, they requested a mason to fill the opening.
Two days later, they approached police to report Tannu lacking, and even branded her as mentally challenged.
Hakim alleged that his daughter was harassed by her in-laws over dowry, to the extent, she needed to keep at her paternal residence for a yr after marriage. She returned to Faridabad after the intervention of a panchayat, however the matter was removed from being resolved.
He mentioned that after he was knowledgeable about her daughter going lacking, he visited Bhoop Singh’s home together with his different daughter, Preeti, and knew they had been mendacity when he noticed the pit exterior the house.
He alleged that he made a number of rounds of the native police station however in useless, as they refused to research the matter. They took it up solely per week in the past.
The pit was dug Friday morning earlier than Naib Tehsildar Jaswant Singh, and Tannu’s physique was exhumed. A Faridabad Police spokesperson mentioned raids are being made to nab the opposite relations.
Police handed over Tannu’s physique to her kin after a autopsy at Badshah Khan Civil Hospital.
Printed – June 21, 2025 04:15 pm IST
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