Muzaffarpur news: A 19-year-old newlywed Gunja Kumari died under suspicious circumstances in Rajwada Deeh village of Muzaffarpur district of Bihar. His body was recovered from the room on Thursday. After the incident, the in-laws fled the house. At the same time, angry parents cremated the body at the main door of the in-laws’ house demanding justice. The parents said that their daughter was murdered. The police are investigating the matter.
The deceased Gunja Kumari was the daughter of Ranjit Paswan, a resident of Kanti. She was married to Kundan Kumar on January 23 this year. It is said that the marriage took place after a love affair between the two. The victim’s mother Manju Devi and maternal uncle Chhotu Kumar have accused the in-laws of harassing them for dowry. The family says that they were preparing to give dowry items on the occasion of Dhanteras, but before that their daughter died.
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There was a suspicion of burning the body secretly.
According to the family, they came to know about the incident at around 12 am through a local ward member. As soon as the information was received, the people from the maternal side reached Rajwada Deeh. He alleges that the in-laws were preparing to burn the body secretly. As soon as the maternal family arrived, the in-laws fled from the spot.
The police sent the body to SKMCH for post-mortem. The body was handed over to the family after post-mortem. After this, the maternal family again took the body to her in-laws’ house and cremated the body at their door.
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Dowry death case filed against four people, including husband
On receiving information about the incident, Sub-Inspector Pramod Kumar of Mushahari police station reached the spot along with the police force. According to Mushahari police station in-charge Subodh Mehta, an FIR of dowry death has been registered against the husband Kundan Kumar, Chandan Paswan, Priyanka and Sulekha on the written application of the deceased’s father Ranjit Paswan. The police are conducting raids at possible locations to arrest the accused.
FSL team collected evidence
Given the seriousness of the case, a special team of FSL along with the police also inspected the spot and collected scientific evidence. According to the police, whether the death of the newlywed was a murder or suicide will be clear only after the post-mortem report and the findings of the investigation. At present, the police are investigating the case keeping in mind all possible aspects, including dowry harassment.
