After 17 days she went missing, body of a woman, who was allegedly killed by her in-laws at Sakhipada in the district, was exhumed by a forensic team on Saturday. The decomposed body was recovered at Bagadihi village in presence of a Magistrate.
The Dhanupali police have detained five persons, including the woman’ husband Kunal Singh Yadav and are interrogating them in this connection.
Sources said Arati Devi, a native Bihar, had married Kunal one and a-half-years ago. She went missing on December 31. Initially, a complaint was filed at the Dhanupali police station stating that Arati left the house following an altercation with her husband.
Later, when Arati’s father could not contact her over phone and found her house locked, he lodged a complaint with the Sakhiapada police alleging that his daughter might have been killed by her in-laws.He had also alleged that Arati was tortured physically and mentally by her in-laws for dowry. On the other hand, Arati’s in-laws absconded after the incident.
Acting on the complaint, police had begun a probe into the incident. On January 8 and 9, the cops along with a forensic team had visited the house and conducted an on-the-spot investigation after complaints of foul smell emanating from the house was lodged by Arati’s father. The cops had also found blood stains on a wall of the house pointing towards possible foul play.