Etah/Kasganj , The bodies of a 30-year-old man and his 24-year-old sister-in-law, who had been missing for nine days under suspicious circumstances, were found in the Hazara canal in Uttar Pradesh’s Etah district on Thursday, police said.
“The incident pertains to Kasganj district, where an FIR has already been registered. Police are investigating the case. The two went missing on September 8 near the Hazara canal in Nadrai, according to the police. Before disappearing, Krishna Kant called his brother Pankaj Kumar at 3 am and told him that the two were near the canal and planned to jump into it.
The bodies of Krishna Kant, a resident of Manauta village in Kasganj, and his sister-in-law Priyanka Kumari were found tied to each other in the canal under the Mirhchi police station area, they said. The family members have ruled out suicide and raised suspicion of murder, while police said the exact cause of death would be ascertained after the post-mortem examination. Their mobile phones were switched off after the call, police said. The bodies were pulled out and identified by family members, the police said. Mirhchi police has only conducted the post-mortem formalities,” Rathi said. He said the post-mortem report would be forwarded to the concerned police station and the exact cause of death would be known after the report is received.
On Thursday, locals spotted two bodies floating in the canal in the Mirhchi area and alerted the police.
