Woman in Rajasthan burnt alive by in-laws for not conceiving child; Cops attacked during probe
Jaipur: In an incident reported from Kaankda village in Deeg district, the in-laws of a woman allegedly burnt her alive on a pile of dung cakes for failing to conceive and, while cremating her half-burnt body, attacked the police officers who arrived to investigate the matter.
The district police have identified the victim as Sarla Devi. The woman’s brother Vikrant has told the police, who have filed an FIR, that Sarla married Ashok in 2005. He has also accused Sarla’s parents-in-law Sukhbir Singh and Rajwati, brother-in-law Raju and sisters-in-law Pooja and Poonam of having harassed his sister for years for being childless.
On Tuesday, the police team that was informed that the woman’s half-burnt body was being cremated came to Kaankda, but was stopped from entering the village. The locals and Sarla’s in-laws together attacked the policemen, tearing apart their uniforms and chasing them away. The policemen, who managed to escape, alerted their seniors.
Additional forces led by the senior officers immediately visited the cremation ground at Kaankda and took action. They recovered Sarla’s body from the pyre and sent it to the mortuary of the district hospital, where a post-mortem test was conducted, before the body was handed over to Sarla’s family.
Deeg Additional Superintendent AK Sharma has said that an FIR has been filed against the people accused of attacked the policemen, as primary investigation hints at an intension to erase evidence. The officer added that investigation into the incident is underway.
SP Om Prakash Meena has said that cases have been registered for murder, destruction of evidence as well as assault on government officials.
Sarla’s in-laws and several residents of Kaanka village are learned to be absconding. The police team investigating the matter has deployed additional forces in the village for the probe.
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15 passengers sustain minor injuries after KSRTC bus overturns in Karnataka's Chitradurga district
Chitradurga (Karnataka) (PTI): Fifteen passengers sustained minor injuries after the KSRTC bus they were travelling in overturned after the driver allegedly lost control of the vehicle in this district on Tuesday morning, police said.
The accident occurred near Heggare in Challakere taluk of Chitradurga district at around 7 am, they said.
According to police, the bus was en route from Raichur to Bengaluru when the driver allegedly lost control of the vehicle, hit a divider and the bus overturned.
Fifteen passengers sustained minor injuries and were shifted to the Challakere Government Hospital, they said.
The accident is suspected to have occurred due to the driver losing control after falling asleep, police said.
Further investigation is underway, they added.
