AGRA/LUCKNOW: Two Dalit girls, aged 15 and 18 years, were found hanging from a mango tree in an orchard at Bhagautipur village in Kaimganj area of Farrukhabad on Tuesday morning.
The families of the girls, who were friends, suspect foul play. But SP (Farrukhabad) Alok Priyadarshi said, “No injury or assault was found in the postmortem report. We think they may have died by suicide.”
Chief medical officer Dr Avnindra Kumar ruled out sexual assault, but sent a slide of vaginal swab of both to a lab to rule out rape.The cause of death was asphyxia due to antemortem hanging, the SP said, adding a mobile phone was found near the tree and a SIM card in one of the girls’ clothing.
Police sources said a team of the special operation group was working on the case. No suicide note was found yet, the sources said.
The girls’ families said the two went missing after they left home to watch Janmashtami celebrations at a temple on Monday night.
Seems my girls were murdered, says dad; oppn demands probe
That was the last time their families saw them. They first thought the girls had stayed back in one of their aunt’s houses, hoping they would return later.
Father of one of the girls said his daughter and her friend, both from the same locality, went to watch a cultural tableau on the festival night.
He added: “They did not return till late at night, and the next morning, we were told that they were dead. We feel our girls were murdered.”
The incident drew sharp criticism from opposition. SP chief Akhilesh Yadav said it was “time to put women’s safety above party politics” and sought an “impartial” inquiry. “It is a sensitive incident that bodies of two girls, who had gone to see Janmashtami celebrations in Farrukhabad, were found hanging. Who hanged them? Why? Nobody knows anything. This state has become a crematorium for women,” he said on social media.
AAP member and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said “a comprehensive investigation should be done into the matter.”
The families of the girls, who were friends, suspect foul play. But SP (Farrukhabad) Alok Priyadarshi said, “No injury or assault was found in the postmortem report. We think they may have died by suicide.”
Chief medical officer Dr Avnindra Kumar ruled out sexual assault, but sent a slide of vaginal swab of both to a lab to rule out rape.The cause of death was asphyxia due to antemortem hanging, the SP said, adding a mobile phone was found near the tree and a SIM card in one of the girls’ clothing.
Police sources said a team of the special operation group was working on the case. No suicide note was found yet, the sources said.
The girls’ families said the two went missing after they left home to watch Janmashtami celebrations at a temple on Monday night.
Seems my girls were murdered, says dad; oppn demands probe
That was the last time their families saw them. They first thought the girls had stayed back in one of their aunt’s houses, hoping they would return later.
Father of one of the girls said his daughter and her friend, both from the same locality, went to watch a cultural tableau on the festival night.
He added: “They did not return till late at night, and the next morning, we were told that they were dead. We feel our girls were murdered.”
The incident drew sharp criticism from opposition. SP chief Akhilesh Yadav said it was “time to put women’s safety above party politics” and sought an “impartial” inquiry. “It is a sensitive incident that bodies of two girls, who had gone to see Janmashtami celebrations in Farrukhabad, were found hanging. Who hanged them? Why? Nobody knows anything. This state has become a crematorium for women,” he said on social media.
AAP member and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said “a comprehensive investigation should be done into the matter.”