Faridabad Woman Murder: Raped By Father-in-law Before Killed And Buried

The investigation into the case of a woman who was buried after her murder in Haryana's Faridabad has revealed that the victim was allegedly raped by her father-in-law before her murder. Mother-in-law was also allegedly involved and is arrested while husband Arun is still on the run and being searched by police.

On April 22, the victim's in-laws placed a missing persons complaint. After two months of instigation on June 21, 24-year old Tannu's body was exhumated from a “10-foot-deep pit” outside her in-laws house. The main accused, father-in-law Bhoop Singh, was taken on three days of police remand again by the crime unit. During interrogation, he allegedly revealed that the murder was pre-planned, an official said.

Bhoop Singh allegedly revealed the murder was planned, and her husband and mother-in-law were also allegedly involved in the plan. As per the plan, the victim's mother-in-law was sent to attend her niece's wedding in Etah, Uttar Pradesh on April 15, a senior investigating officer said.

On the night of April 21, Arun allegedly mixed sleeping pills in the food of his wife Tannu and sister Kajal, according to the police. Both of them fell into a deep sleep in their separate rooms on first and ground floor respectively.

A senior police officer said it was decided that the father-in-law alone would kill Tannu, and Arun went to the room on the ground floor. Bhoop Singh entered Tannu's room late night and was preparing to strangle her with a dupatta. But before killing his unconscious daughter-in-law, he allegedly raped her, the officer said, adding that he did not tell his son and wife about the rape.

After some time, he called Arun upstairs to the room and both of them allegedly took the body and threw it in a pit that had already been dug in the street. They put bricks and soil on top of it. The people in the neighbourhood were told that the pit was meant for sewerage, added the officer.

The pit was dug before Naib Tehsildar Jaswant Singh, and Tannu's body was exhumed. An FIR was registered against four of the in-laws' family -“ Bhoop Singh, his wife Sonia, son Arun Singh, and daughter Kajal - at Palla police station.

Tannu was killed and buried in front of her house allegedly by her in-laws, who managed to keep the body hidden for almost two months by reporting her missing. The victim, a native of Shikohabad in the Firozabad district of Uttar Pradesh, had married Arun Singh of Roshan Nagar area here two years ago.