Taking serious note of the brutal murder and alleged gangrape of a young woman here, the state government today directed ADG Sutapa Sanyal to monitor the investigation in the case, even as two policemen were suspended for dereliction of duty.
Sanyal, who also heads the special cell set up in the DGP office here to look into cases of crime against women, will monitor the investigation and keep the government informed about it, a senior government official said.
Lucknow SSP Pravin Kumar said Inspector Kamruddin and an Assistant Sub-Inspector of Mohanlalganj police station have been placed under suspension on charges of dereliction of duty.
Meanwhile, the DGP office here said the police have identified the victim as a resident of Lucknow who had been missing from her house.
They said the report of the post-mortem examination conducted by a team of six doctors mentions anti-mortem multiple hemorrhage from different injuries as the cause of death.
The body of the victim has several injury marks, including in the private parts, they added.
However, they did not clarify if the victim was gang-raped.
The incident came to light yesterday when the nude body of the woman was spotted near a primary school in Balsingh Khera village of Mohanlalganj tehsil here by a watchman. He informed the police around 6.30 AM.
The area where the body was recovered is in the vicinity of Jabrauli village where tight security arrangements had been made in view of former United State president Bill Clinton's visit yesterday.
