UP horror: Man kills wife, buries her under mud floor, sleeps over spot for days
Police in Uttar Pradesh, India, exhumed the body of a 20-year-old woman buried under the mud floor of her home. Her husband has been accused of the murder following a domestic dispute and has since fled the scene with his parents.
Why it matters
This case highlights ongoing issues regarding domestic violence and gender-based crime in rural India.
LUCKNOW: Siddharthnagar police on Wednesday exhumed the body of a 20-year-old woman from the mud floor of a room in her matrimonial home in Chak Majhari village of Dumariyaganj, after her husband was accused of killing her and attempting to pass the case off as a disappearance.The deceased was identified as Mufidan. Police said her husband, Shamsher, 22, allegedly murdered her, dug a pit nearly 6 feet deep inside the house, buried her body, plastered the floor with fresh mud and placed a cot over the spot. Investigators said he continued sleeping on the cot for several days before trying to divert suspicion by lodging a missing person complaint.According to police, Shamsher, a labourer who worked in Mumbai, came in contact with Majhar of Dasiya village in neighbouring Sant Kabir Nagar district. During visits to Majhar’s home, Shamsher developed a relationship with Majhar’s daughter, Mufidan.
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