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Burla suicide mystery: Cops exhume girl’s body

Getting information of a girl committing suicide and her parents conducting the burial without informing the police or getting a…

Burla suicide mystery: Cops exhume girl’s body

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Getting information of a girl committing suicide and her parents conducting the burial without informing the police or getting a postmortem done, the Burla police exhumed the body from the burial ground on Sunday. As per information Miss Sahana Khatun (20) a resident of Bishnumandir Para Burla and daughter of Md Sattar committed suicide on Saturday by hanging herself .

The family members found the body in hanging condition but didn’t inform police. With help of the neighbours, they buried the body at the grave yard. However, Burla police got the information from some source and called her father who told that he was unaware of the legal procedure of suicidal death.

However, the police exhumed the body and sent it for postmortem. “After getting the postmortem report, we will go for legal action, if necessary,” informed the IIC of Burla Mr Manas Ranjan Pradhan. He said the father of the girl was illiterate and was unaware of the formalities that should be followed in such cases.

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