A stunning case of alleged home violence and homicide has emerged from Chhattisgarh’s Surguja district, the place a 23-year-old pregnant girl was allegedly tortured and killed by her husband in a village close to Ambikapur.

The sufferer, recognized as Heerabai, a resident of Sakariya village in Lakhanpur, was allegedly attacked by her husband Pradeep Agaria on Could 14 in Bhithikala village. In response to police and members of the family, the accused brutally assaulted her earlier than killing her inside their dwelling.

After the incident, the accused allegedly tied the girl’s physique to the again of a motorbike and took her to the Medical School Hospital in Ambikapur, claiming she had died in an accident. Medical doctors declared her useless on arrival, after which the accused fled from the hospital premises.

In response to Station Home Officer CP Tiwari, the accused initially tried to painting the incident as an accident. Nonetheless, the postmortem and forensic examination reportedly revealed indicators of extreme brutality.

Medical doctors conducting the post-mortem on Could 15 mentioned the girl was round three months pregnant on the time of her demise. The forensic group allegedly found an almost 27-centimetre-long iron file inserted into her personal components. The postmortem report additionally discovered a number of severe accidents throughout her physique, together with extreme head wounds attributable to repeated blows from a heavy picket stick, which fractured her cranium.

Medical consultants acknowledged that there have been not less than 18 main harm marks on the sufferer’s physique. Based mostly on the accidents across the thighs and stomach, docs suspect the thing could have been forcefully pushed inside, resulting in deadly inside accidents and the demise of the unborn little one.

Talking in regards to the findings, the top of the forensic division, Dr. Santu Bag, mentioned, “In the course of the postmortem, we discovered a number of severe exterior and inside accidents. A ten-inch iron rod-like object was recovered from the sufferer’s personal components and seized for investigation.”

Relations alleged that Pradeep Agaria had a historical past of violent behaviour and incessantly assaulted his spouse. They claimed he had beforehand attacked her with a pointy weapon and a number of other complaints had been raised within the village relating to his conduct.

The couple had married for love and had 4 younger youngsters collectively. Their eldest little one is round 4 years outdated, one other is three, whereas the youthful twins are mentioned to be round one-and-a-half years outdated. Heerabai was reportedly pregnant for the fifth time.

Kin additionally claimed that each one 4 youngsters had been current inside the home throughout the assault and cried out for assist, however nobody from the neighbourhood intervened. Whereas taking the sufferer to the hospital, the youngsters reportedly knowledgeable locals that their mom had been assaulted, following which the girl’s household rushed to the medical school hospital.

Police mentioned the accused stays absconding and a search operation is underway to hint and arrest him.

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With inputs from Sumit Singh