Communal tension prevailed in an Agra area on Saturday, a day after a woman allegedly died by suicide.
According to police, the victim Varsha (22) had an inter-caste marriage with a local man Faheem (26) a year ago and was living away from the city.
The victim’s family alleges that she did not die of suicide, but her in-laws are torturing her.
Agra SSP Sudhir Kumar Singh said that the police have registered an FIR against Faheem and four members of his family under Section 304-B (dowry murder) of the IPC at Shahganj police station on Saturday.
According to the police, the victim was in the city for the past few days and was found hanging at her in-laws’ house in Shahganj. After the death, minor clashes broke out in the area and heavy police force was deployed.
“We had received information that a woman was found hanging inside her in-laws house. Police officials reached the spot and sent the body for postmortem,” said SSP Singh. In view of the tension in the area, police force was deployed from several police stations and the situation was brought under control.
“Since the allegation is that the woman died under mysterious circumstances, we will await the postmortem report for further investigation,” he added.
Faheem and two family members have been arrested in the case.
Police said Faheem used to run an automobile repair shop in Agra. Police said that she and Varsha had a court marriage about a year ago and lived in Indore for some time.
According to the police, when they were about to take the body for post-mortem on Friday evening, the family, including Varsha’s brother Dushyant, refused to accept it. At this point, members of one group, which reportedly included some activists of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), reached there in support of the family and reportedly joined another community after a heated argument with Faheem’s relatives and neighbours. Involved in clashes with people, the police said.
Brij regional secretary of BJYM Gaurav Rajawat said, “When I reached the spot, people from other communities started pelting stones at us. I went there on the call of the girl’s brother.
BJPAgra district president Giriraj Singh Kushwaha said, “I have come to know that the youth wing members of the party had gone to Shahganj. I was out of the station yesterday and am now returning to Agra. I will collect the details. ,
“There’s no chance that she killed herself. She wasn’t happy and told us she was trying to adjust. It seemed like she couldn’t adjust anymore and they killed her ,” said Dushyant, brother of the victim.
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