Parents among nine booked for murder after woman’s body retrieved from pyre in Haryana

The victim, Siksha, had married a youth, Anoop Kumar, of the same village against the wishes of her parents, it is learnt; nine people have been booked for murder by the Haryana Police after retrieving half-burnt body from the pyre

Police retrieved the half-burnt body of a 21-year-old woman, who had married against her family’s wishes, from the pyre at Fatehabad’s Dhangar village on Wednesday and booked her parents and seven others for murder.

After being informed, Haryana Police retrieved the half-burnt body of the woman from the pyre and booked nine people for her murder.

The victim, Shiksha, had married a youth, Anoop Kumar, of the same village against the wishes of her family members, it is learnt. She had got a job in a private company in Chandigarh and the couple had been staying there.

A police official said the victim had told her mother about the marriage after which she was asked to return home and assured that the wedding will be solemnised as per rituals. Shiksha’s husband Anoop told the police that he received a call from an unknown woman, who told him that his wife had died and her family was cremating her. After this, Anoop called the police and told them that my wife may have been killed by her family members for marrying against their wishes.

Fatehabad SP Surender Singh Bhoria said the police, along with the fire brigade and forensic experts, rushed to the cremation ground and retrieved the half-burnt body from the pyre.

“We have registered a murder case against the woman’s mother, father Mahender Singh, uncles Sunder, Kalu, Atmaram and four others. The post-mortem report will reveal the exact cause of death,” the SP added.