Unnao police file homicide case in loss of life of two Dalit women, post-mortem reveals no damage marks; to be cremated at this time

Image Source : PTI Unnao police file homicide case in loss of life of two Dalit women, post-mortem reveals no damage marks; to be cremated at this time
Police on Thursday registered a case of homicide in reference to the deaths of two teenage women whose our bodies had been present in a area right here at the same time as a autopsy revealed no damage marks. A 3rd lady, who’s on ventilator assist at a Kanpur hospital, is being handled for suspected poisoning.

Replying to a query on the cremation of the 2 women, Superintendent of Police, Unnao, Anand Kulkarni advised PTI: “Cremation will be held tomorrow (Friday) morning. Our work is to maintain law and order. There is no pressure from us. They said they will cremate tomorrow as some of their relatives are coming. It”s there decision, we are not creating pressure on them.”

The Uttar Pradesh human rights physique has taken notice of the incident at Babuhara village in Asoha — round 36 km south of Lucknow — in Unnao district on Wednesday night and political events slammed the Yogi Adityanath authorities over it.

Although the reason for loss of life couldn’t be instantly ascertained within the autopsy, samples from the ladies” viscera have been preserved for additional examination, police mentioned.

Police dominated out the suggestion that the victims” palms had been tied, citing the absence of any damage marks. Apart from Section 302 (homicide), the FIR additionally lists Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, associated to inflicting disappearance of proof. The case mentioning the 2 sections was lodged on the idea of the household”s grievance.

The three women, aged 16, 15 and 14, had been present in a area by the villagers when they didn’t return after leaving their home to take fodder for cattle, police had mentioned.

The villagers rushed the youngsters, who’re associated, to a hospital, the place two of them had been declared introduced lifeless. The different lady was rushed to a district hospital and later referred to a Kanpur healthcare facility, in line with police.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took a critical notice of the incident and sought an in depth report from the director common of police (DGP). He has directed officers to make sure correct remedy of {the teenager}, in line with a spokesperson. DGP Hitesh Chandra Awasthi mentioned six police groups had been constituted and senior officers had been supervising the probe.

“The post-mortem of the two girls was done by a panel of doctors and no injury before death or external injuries were found on their bodies,” Awasthi mentioned in a video clip launched to the media.

“The cause of death could not be ascertained and viscera has been preserved for chemical analysis,” he mentioned. “We are taking help of forensic experts and looking into all possibilities.”

A medical bulletin by the Kanpur hospital treating the third lady has famous that it was a suspected case of poisoning, the officer mentioned.

Earlier, Unnao SP Kulkarni mentioned there was a contradiction within the statements of women” members of the family. He added that the brother had mentioned the ladies had been tied with a stole, whereas her mom mentioned on Thursday that it was round her neck.

“Our investigation has found that bodies had no marks on them either in the hands or legs, suggesting that they were not tied,” the SP mentioned.

Kulkarni mentioned the members of the family who had been the primary ones to succeed in the spot had been being questioned, including that the autopsy was performed by a panel of three medical doctors and videographer. On hypothesis about it being a case of honour killing, the officer mentioned all elements can be probed. Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra hit out on the state authorities over the difficulty of ladies security.

“The UP government is not only crushing Dalit society, but also the honour and human rights of women,” Rahul Gandhi tweeted. “But they should remember that I and the entire Congress party will stand as the voice of victims and will endeavour to get them justice.”

He additionally used the hashtag “Save_Unnao_Ki_Beti” (daughter of Unnao) in his tweet.

Priyanka Gandhi demanded that the third lady be shifted to Delhi for higher medical remedy and requested why her household had been detained. In a Facebook submit, she mentioned: “The Unnao incident is heart-wrenching. Hearing out the family and providing immediate medical help to the third victim is very important for investigation and justice.”

BSP chief Mayawati expressed condolences to the affected household, describing the incident as “very serious and sad”.

“The BSP demands a high-level inquiry into the incident and strict punishment for the culprits,” she tweeted.

Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav described it as stunning and a “shame on humanity”, and demanded strict punishment for the culprits.

“It seems that the chief minister did not care about law and order in the state. The state has become insecure for women due to the BJP,” he mentioned in a press release.

He mentioned the Adityanath authorities had “failed” to examine the atrocities on ladies.

“The BJP government does not have any policy for women security. BJP ideology ignores women interests. UP has become ”Hatya Pradesh” (murder state) in the present regime,” Yadav added.

Taking suo-motu cognisance, the Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission sought a report from the SP inside two weeks, panel member Ok P Singh mentioned. Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Aazad demanded {that a} autopsy be performed by a medical board of AIIMS Delhi and the third lady be shifted there for remedy.

A Samajwadi Party spokesperson mentioned a delegation would go to Unnao on Saturday to satisfy the members of the family of the victims. Party MLC Sunil Singh Yadav, who’s from Unnao, alleged that police are attempting to hush up the case and sought a probe by an unbiased company. 

(With PTI inputs)

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