The decomposed body of a newly married woman was recovered from a house behind Adim Jati Kalyan (AJK) police station. There was no one in the house when Janakganj police entered it. The police have registered a case and sent the body for post-mortem examination.
Janakganj TI Nirmal Kumar Jain said the house, which was locked from outside, belonged to Sonu Jain. It was learnt that had been rented to Balli Chaurasia, who runs a shop near Hatwat Khana. His son, Sonu also stays in the house. It was also learnt that Sonu had gone to Delhi four days back.
Neighbours said the deceased was last seen on Wednesday. The same day, her mother and sister came from Agra and sorted out the dowry demands of her in-laws. The police suspect that Balli might have committed the crime after the mother and sister of the deceased woman left. The police are on the lookout for Balli and his mother.
lashkar CSP Pratibha Mathew said the case appeared to be that of murder. Corroborating the CSP the FSl team said the death was caused by strangulation. There were marks of beating also on the body. The police are on the lookout for the accused.