Gurugram, Jul 7 (PTI) The body of a five-month-old infant was exhumed on Tuesday for a fresh medical examination, four months after his burial in Saunkh village in Nuh district, following a high court order after his grandfather alleged that the child’s mother and her family members murdered the baby with an eye on an insurance claim, police said.
Shamshad, a resident of Saunkh village, stated in his complaint that his son Sahil married Afsana in Nuh in 2023. On September 6 last year, Sahil died in a road accident. At that time, Afsana was about eight months pregnant with Sahil’s child, whom she gave birth to on October 12, last year.
Twelve days after the delivery, Afsana took the baby Mohammad Aahil to her maternal home in Jaitaka, where Shamshad and other family members visited the child several times, he said.
He alleged that on March 24, they suddenly received a call informing them of their grandson’s death. According to Shamshad, they brought their grandson’s body from Jaitaka village and buried it in the graveyard at Saunkh village.
Shamshad claimed that a court case regarding the accident claim for their son is underway and Afsana’s family had their eyes on that claim money for which they had killed his grandson.
On Tuesday, the police exhumed the child’s body in Saunkh village and took it to the medical college for a fresh medical examination to ascertain the cause of death.
“We suspected that Aahil had been murdered by his mother Afsana in collusion with his maternal grandfather and uncle. We lodged a complaint at the Nagina police station, but the police did not register a case.
“Subsequently, we approached the court and following an order by the (Punjab and Haryana) High Court, the child’s body was exhumed for a post-mortem examination”, said Shamshad, the grandfather of the deceased infant.
“In accordance with the court’s order, the child’s body was exhumed, a post-mortem was conducted by a medical board at Nalhar Medical College, and the body was handed over to the family.
“Further action will be taken once the report is received. The actual cause of death will be ascertained upon receipt of the medical examination report,” said a senior police officer. PTI CORR RT RT RT
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