UP horror: Woman’s dupatta gets caught in flour mill belt; decapitated in front of children

BIJNOR: A 34-year-old woman, Manoj Devi, died on Thursday while grinding flour after her dupatta got caught in the belt of a makeshift mill at her home, pulling her into the machine. The impact was so severe that the woman's head was severed from her body.The horrifying incident occurred in front of her two children, aged five and nine. Hearing their cries, her mother-in-law rushed to the spot and found her lying in a pool of blood. The incident took place in Kalali village in Amroha's Mandi Dhanaura area.Devi's husband, Narendra Kumar, who works as a driver, was away at the time and returned after being informed by family members. A distraught Kumar then alerted the police. Dhanaura SHO Balendra Yadav said an autopsy has been conducted and the report is awaited. "An investigation is underway, but police are yet to receive a complaint in this regard," he added.Devi used to grind flour for neighbours for a small fee. Her last rites were performed after police handed over the body to her family following the post-mortem.