Betul (MP), Apr 14 (PTI) Acting on a complaint expressing suspicion of murder, police in Betul district on Tuesday seized the body of a 62-year-old woman moments before her funeral pyre was to be lit, and sent it for autopsy.
Shakuntala Pati (62), wife of Kamalakar Gujre, died earlier in the day at Amla in the district and her family members took the body to the local crematorium, said inspector Ravikant Daheria.
Her sister Anjali, who lives in Saunsar, called the police and expressed suspicion that Shakuntala’s death was not natural as the body bore injury marks, he said.
A police team then rushed to the crematorium and took the body in its possession, he said.
The cause of death would be clear after the post-mortem report is received, added inspector Daheria.
When police visited the woman’s house to question the family, they found her son highly intoxicated and incapable of giving a statement, the official said, adding that they were waiting for him to regain consciousness. PTI COR BNS MAS KRK
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