Tihidi: Police arrested three persons for allegedly killing a woman at Paliabindha Beherasahi village under Tihidi police limits in Bhadrak district, police said.
Following the arrest, the cops here produced the accused persons before a court Tuesday.
The deceased identified as Akhilata Behera, 25, was murdered by her mother-in-law Bhagyabati Behera, father-in-law Ganesh Behera and husband Madhusudan Behera, Chandbali SDPO Kartik Chandra Mallick said in a press conference organised at Tihidi police station Tuesday.
According to the police, Akhilata was in love with Madhusudan and they got married in 2019. However, Akhilata’s in-laws were not happy with their marriage and there used to be frequent quarrels within the family due to various reasons since their marriage.
When Madhusudan was not home, Akhilata’s mother-in-law asked her to give a bowl to eat Monday morning but when she denied the same, an argument broke out between them. Akhilata’s father-in-law, who was present at the scene, started beating her mercilessly with a bamboo stick and then in a fit of rage caught hold of her neck with a saree with the help of his wife. When Akhilata died of suffocation, they took the body inside the room and hanged her from the ceiling to give it the shape of suicide. Later they informed police that Akhilata committed suicide.
However, Akhilata’s brother lodged a complaint at Tihidi police station alleging that his sister was murdered by her in-laws over Rs50,000 dowry.
Acting on the complaint, police along with a scientific team reached the spot, seized the body and initiated an investigation. Police after preliminary investigation found injury marks on the neck of the deceased and during questioning her in-laws confessed their crime. After registering a case (No-197/24) police arrested the accused and recreated the crime scene on the spot, informed SDPO Mallick.
PNN