Following the death of a 38-year-old woman under suspicious circumstances, her parents, siblings, relatives and villagers stormed the house of her in-laws in Sai Sardari village of the RS Pura sector in Jammu district, uprooted doors and windows, made a pyre out of them and cremated her body there on Monday.
Though a strong police contingent tried to persuade the angry villagers, they did not yield. The deceased was identified as Sushma Devi, who is survived by her husband, a son and a daughter. The protesters alleged that the woman had been strangulated to death and her body subsequently hung to make it look like a suicide. All attempts by the police to prevent the people from cremating the deceased at the house went in vain. A clash also broke out between the police and protesters, in which a sub-inspector, Abhinav, and an ASI, Yashpal, were reportedly injured. Five protesters were also detained.
The post-mortem report is awaited and further action will be taken accordingly, police officials said. The body was found hanging in a room of her in-laws’ house on Sunday.
The body was then brought back to Sai Sardari village, following which the family performed the last rites at her in-laws’ house.
Before the cremation, the deceased was taken to Government Medical College, Jammu, where a team of doctors conducted the post-mortem examination.
