A partially charred body of a woman was found on the side of a road in a village in Rajasthan's Jaipur on Friday morning. The police have suspected this to be a case of murder. The body was found by the locals in Papad village in the Kanota area, as reported by the news agency PTI. Bassi ACP Phoolchand Meena said the half-burnt body was spotted and after being informed, the police reached the area and recovered the body, while a forensics team collected evidence. No one has been arrested in the case yet.
"Villagers informed the Police about the burnt body of a woman this morning. We reached the spot and questioned the people in the vicinity. Nobody has been identified yet. The woman is around 25 years old...Strict action will be taken against the accused at the earliest," Meena said as quoted by ANI.
Police said they suspected that the accused burned the body to conceal the identity of the woman. A murder case has been lodged in the matter, and efforts are underway to identify the woman and nab the accused, the ACP said, as reported by PTI.
In another incident, a 12-year-old girl was found bleeding on a street in Ujjain city of Madhya Pradesh. After a medical examination, it was confirmed that the girl had been raped, police said on Wednesday. MP Home Minister Narottam Mishra said that a special investigation team (SIT) has been formed to probe the matter and a suspect has been detained. According to the police, the girl, who probably hails from Uttar Pradesh, was found on September 25, reported PTI.
Reacting to the incident, Congress MP Randeep Surjewala said, "What happened in Ujjain has put the entire country to shame. When Shivraj Singh Chouhan and BJP leaders get time from celebrating only then they can hear the cries of the daughters of the MP." The incident, he said, has brought shame to the state and the BJP government has made it the most unsafe state in the country.