In a sensational killing, some unknown person brutally hacked a woman to death, chopped her body in pieces and tried to burn them. later they put it in a trolly bag and dumped it in Barabanki. The incident came to light on Thursday morning. local Safdarganj police registered a case and sent the pieces for post-mortem examination. Additional SP in Barabanki, Shashikant Tewari, who visited the spot claimed that as the identity of the victim could not be established directly so they will also keep those pieces for DNA sampling so identity of the victim could not be doubted during course of investigation or trial in the matter.
Tewari claimed that someone informed the police control room that an open trolley bag was lying near Shahpur Miner bridge in Bariyarpur locality of Safdarganj that some burnt pieces and a head of a lady was lying inside. He said that they reached the spot and found that the identity of the victim could not be established as someone, brutally hacked her to death, chopped her body and later burn it to conceal the identity. He claimed that half burnt bed-sheet, two ear rings, two rings, and a locket was also found in the bag. He said that they sent it for post-mortem examination and had also alerted the cops of neighbouring districts to help them maintain identity of the victim by matching it if some woman was reported to be missing anywhere. However, so far they failed to get any success.
Meanwhile in another case reported from Badaun, ritual of `shoe theft’ during marriage ceremony proved fatal for a bride’s family when one of their guests was brutally battered to death by the groom and four of his friends. According to the report lodged with the Badaun police, the wedding ceremony of marriage of one Surendra was taking place in Surajpur locality of the district on Wednesday. As per the rituals, the brides family members hide the shoes of the groom during `dwarachar’. After the dwarachar was over, Surendra’s shoes could not be found. Surendra and his friends suspected that Ramsaran (42), one of the guests from bride’s side had stolen the shoes so they asked him to return it and when he showed his ignorance, they brutally assaulted him following which he was critically injured.
local police station in-charge Upendra Kumar Deshawar said Ramsaran sustained serious injuries and died while undergoing treatment at the district hospital. Police said that based on a complaint filed by the wife of the deceased, a case of murder has been registered against Surendra and four others. The body of the deceased has been sent for post-mortem and now efforts were made to arrest Surendra and his friends.