Disturbing new details are coming out in the killing of a a 24-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh which reportedly occurred in April and go unnoticed for almost two months as her in-laws claimed she had gone missing. Now, reports are coming that she was first raped by father-in-law before being killed and buried in a pit dug outside her marital home in Haryana's Faridabad.
The victim, who hailed from Shikohabad in Firozabad district, got married in Faridabad in July 2023. In less than two years into the marriage, she was allegedly constantly harassment over dowry demands. Her body was recovered on June 21, buried beneath a concrete slab laid over a 10-foot-deep pit outside her in-laws' residence. Her body was found on June 21, buried under a concrete slab covering a 10-foot-deep pit outside her in-laws' home.
The police revealed that the father-in-law is currently a three-day police remand with the district crime unit after he confessed his crime during custodial interrogation.
During investigation, the father-in-law had confessed that the plan to kill the woman on April 14. And as part of the plan, her mother-in-law went to attend a wedding in Uttar Pradesh's Etah to provide an alibi. On the April 21 night, the victim's husband allegedly added sleeping pills into the food served to her and his sister. Both women, sleeping in separate rooms on different floors, fell unconscious.
The father-in-law's confession, told the officials that after both women fell unconscious, he entered his daughter-in-law’s room late that night intending to kill her. However, before killing her, he allegedly raped his unconscious daughter-in-law. The accused did not disclose this act to his wife or son at the time, the police said.
After the assault, the father-in-law asked his son to come upstairs. Both of them then allegedly wrapped the woman's body and threw it into a pit that had already been dig in the street just outside their residence. They had told the neighbours that the pit was for sewerage work. However, it was filled with bricks and soil after the victim’s body was placed inside. A few days later, they had laid a concrete slab over it.
The police stated that the ditch was dug under the guise of drainage repairs, using an earthmover, and was seen by neighbours. The body was buried just before the father-in-law lodged a missing person’s report on April 25.
The victim’s partially decomposed body was found and sent for autopsy. Following the discovery, an FIR was filed naming four family members: the father-in-law, mother-in-law, husband, and sister-in-law.
The victim’s sister revealed that she had suffered constant abuse throughout her marriage. Just months after the wedding, she returned to her parental home and remained there for over a year due to the mistreatment.
The sister also alleged that the in-laws were dissatisfied with the dowry and had been pressuring the victim for additional money and gifts since the early days of her marriage. The police have confirmed that these claims are being investigated as a possible motive.
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