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Two Dalit girls found hanging from tree in UP’s Farrukhabad: Police
According to Farrukhabad’s superintendent of police (SP), Alok Priyadarshi, the bodies of the two girls were found in a mango orchard in a village near Kayamganj
The bodies of two Dalit girls, aged 15 and 18 years, were found hanging from a tree in Uttar Pradesh’s Farrukhabad on Tuesday morning, police said.
According to Farrukhabad’s superintendent of police (SP), Alok Priyadarshi, the bodies of the two girls were found in a mango orchard in a village near Kayamganj.
He said both girls were close friends and belonged to the same community.
“We received information this morning from Bhagautipur village about two girls’ bodies hanging from a tree. A police team was quickly dispatched to the scene,” said Priyadarshi.
The SP has also hinted that it could be a case of suicide and they will be investigating the case from all possible angles.
“Initial findings indicate that the two girls were neighbors and close friends. One body was found hanging from one end of a dupatta, and the other body from the other end. It appears they might have committed suicide by hanging from the tree, but the police are investigating the case thoroughly”, he added.
Priyadarshi said both girls went missing from the village temple where they had gone to see Sri Krishna Janmashtami tableau at around 9pm on Monday night and did not return home.
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The SP said the both the girls’ families extensively searched for them the entire night, but they could not be found.
He said their bodies were found hanging from the tree a few hours later Tuesday morning.
“One mobile phone was found near the same tree while one SIM card was found from the belongings of one of the girls”, the SP said.
He said the bodies have been sent for postmortem and investigation is underway.
The SP also visited the scene of the incident to take stock of the situation and spoke to family members.
Father of one of the girls alleged that the girls were murdered.
“They had gone out together, first at 7:30pm and came back, and then at 9pm they went again to the temple. When they did not come back, I went to the house of my sister who lives nearby if my daughter was there. On not finding them, I went through the village looking for them. Around 5am my sister-in-law who had gone to attend the call of nature came rushing and told us about the two bodies hanging from the three. I reached and found one of them was my daughter and the other was the daughter of my neighbour. Both were murdered and their bodies were hung with a dupatta”, he said.
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