A girl believed to have been murdered in Bihar’s Rohtas district 12 years in the past and whose husband, father-in-law and 6 relations have been despatched to jail for the crime has been discovered dwelling along with her paramour in Jharkhand’s Garhwa district, in keeping with law enforcement officials conscious of the event.
“The girl, Saraswati Devi alias Kanti Devi, was produced earlier than a courtroom in Sasaram on Saturday following a case registered towards her for deceptive the police,” Rohtas SP Raj stated.
In response to the lady’s father-in-law, Dilip Mehta, his son Arun Mehta of Balrati Bigha, married Saraswati Devi, a resident of Pirauta village in Aurangabad district, in 2002. The couple had a son after two years into the wedding. Twelve years later, in 2014, Devi ran off with Rattu Singh, a fellow villager with out the household’s information.
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On August 22 that yr, the physique of an unidentified girl was recovered from a canal close to Khanda village within the Dehri Mufassil police station space. The girl’s brother recognized the physique as his sister’s. The village chowkidar additionally recognized the physique as that of Saraswati Devi. Following the post-mortem, the physique was cremated. Subsequently, a homicide case was registered towards eight folks, together with the lady’s husband and father-in-law, and so they have been despatched to jail. Nevertheless, the in-laws reached a settlement with the lady’s household by paying ₹3 lakh. After this, the accused have been launched, Mehta stated.
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In 2026, the household learnt that Saraswati Devi had modified her title and was dwelling with Rattu Singh at Labhari Kala village, in Jharkhand. Her father-in-law knowledgeable SP Raj, who despatched a police group that discovered the lady in Jharkhand.
The police are actually working to find out the identification of the lady whose physique was recovered from the canal, Raj stated.