Father refuses to cremate daughter's body in UP

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Press Trust of India Kannauj (UP)
Last Updated : May 24 2016 | 9:32 PM IST
A man has refused to cremate his daughter who allegedly ended her life over a month ago by jumping off her seventh floor flat, until a second postmortem examination was conducted and four girls, whom the deceased had accused of harassment, were arrested.
Vishamber Singh, Ritu Yadav's father, has preserved his daughter's body by using chemicals and has kept it in a coffin. He met the District Magistrate today and 'sought justice' for his daughter.
On April 19, Ritu allegedly committed suicide by jumping from her seventh floor flat in Greater Noida.
She alleged in her suicide note that some girls were harassing and beating her.
An FIR was registered against four girls at Kasna police station in Gautam Budh Nagar on the complaint of the deceased's father.
Singh alleged that her daughter was murdered and her body was thrown from the flat.
"My daughter was killed and later her body was thrown from the flat. Wounds on her body indicate that she was beaten up before being thrown down," he said.
District Magistrate, Anuj Kumar Jha said that SSP GB Nagar has been contacted and, if the family wanted, a postmortem could be conducted again.
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First Published: May 24 2016 | 9:32 PM IST

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