Meerut: Parents kill woman, 27, for marrying against their wishes, pass it off as Covid-19 death

MEERUT: Almost 13 days after a newly-wedded woman, 27, died and her parents claimed she succumbed to Covid-19, police in Meerut on Sunday exhumed her body and pressed murder charges against her family members on the basis of a complaint lodged by her husband. Farmaan, 30, alleged that Saina was killed by her family members as she had married against their wishes.
A resident of city’s Lisari Gate area, Saina got married to Farmaan last month. And they got their marriage registered on May 17.
But Saina died under mysterious circumstances on the night of May 31.
Farmaan claims he was told by his in-laws that Saina developed a stomach ache and later succumbed to it.
However, recently, he was tipped-off that his wife could have been killed by her parents who were unhappy with the marriage.
In his complaint, Farmaan claimed he is in possession of an audio recording which is “testimony to the torture on his wife when first attempt was made to kill her.”
A case of murder, disappearance of evidence and criminal conspiracy was registered against six named accused, including the father and uncle of Saina at Lisari Gate police station.
“As evidence, we have also received an audio recording but we are yet to ascertain its authenticity. We will take further action based on the findings of the post-mortem report,” Arvind Chaurasia, circle officer of Meerut Kotwali said.
Meanwhile, the parents of the girl are missing and police are trying to find them.