Parents buried teen to hide truth behind death, cops find body decade later

Police arrested all the four accused, including parents, in the case.

Published on: Feb 2, 2021, 12:04:10 IST

By Shruti Tomar

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Acting on the state government’s campaign to find the missing girls, the Madhya Pradesh police in Sehore, 37 km south of Bhopal, ended up excavating the remains of a teenager, who was reported missing by her parents in 2011.

“A resident of a village in Sehore district, the girl was 15-year-old when she allegedly died by suicide in 2011. The family hid the truth for a decade and buried her with help from two people,” said Sameer Yadav, additional superintendent of police, Sehore.

The girl would have turned 25 this year.

The police officer said, “The girl’s father lodged a complaint at Mandi police station Sehore in 2011 that his daughter was allegedly kidnapped by an unidentified man. Later, the family recovered the girl from Bhopal but did not inform the police.”

“The girl’s father told police that he had come to know that the girl was in a relationship with two different people and one of the men took her to Bhopal. The girl’s mother chided her and asked her to stay away from them. Upset over it, the girl consumed poison. Later the family called both the men, who were stated to be in relationship with their daughter, and asked them to help the family to bury the body,” said the ASP.

Police arrested all the four accused under section 201 (Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offenders) of the IPC. The remains of the girl have been sent for forensic examination.

“Nobody in the village knew that the girl had died. But recently when police reached the house of the girl and inquired about her, the family members confessed that the girl died by suicide in 2011,” the officer added.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Shruti Tomar
I have spent over a decade chronicling Madhya Pradesh’s political and social landscape, covering politics, investigative journalism, crime, human interest, and government policy, blending sharp insight with ground‑level depth. I have closely tracked three assembly elections, three Lok Sabha elections, leadership transitions in MP while exposing governance lapses, tender irregularities, and flawed policy rollouts. My reports have revealed gaps in the Cheetah project, irregularities in medical education, rigging in recruitment exams, and loopholes in policy implementation. In crime reporting, I have moved beyond FIRs to map systemic patterns — from organised crime networks and gender‑based violence to custodial accountability — balancing urgency with sensitivity. My journalism is defined by a commitment to human interest. I have profiled the marginalised Bancchda community, documented atrocities against tribal groups, and highlighted efforts to preserve their culture through heritage liquor and revival of spiritual practices. I have reported on farmers struggling with failed MSP promises, giving voice to those often reduced to statistics in policy files. Passionate about field reporting, I have reported on rampant sand mining in Chambal and Narmada, pharmaceutical companies supplying medicines under altered names, the dire condition of schools and colleges, the plight of commercial sex workers, and skewed sex ratios in specific districts. Beyond deadlines, and as HT’s state correspondent and assistant editor in Madhya Pradesh, I engage with ministers, farmers, students, and activists, believing the best policy stories begin with a single human voice. A postgraduate in Journalism and Mass Communication, I also hold a diploma in sports journalism.Read More

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