Body of Minor Dalit Girl Recovered in UP's Budaun; Family Alleges Evidence Tampering by Police
News 18The body of a minor Dalit girl was recovered near the railway line in Faizganj Behta police station area of Budaun district on Saturday, police said. According to the police, the body of the girl aged 15 years was recovered in a village in the Faizganj Behata police station area on Saturday morning and has been sent for postmortem. The family has alleged that the police picked up the body without informing them and sent it for post-mortem, adding that they came to know about the incident only after the police called them to the post-mortem house to identify the deceased. “The distance from our village to the incident site is one and a half kilometers,” he said, adding, “the police have erased all the evidence from the scene.” After the information, Senior Superintendent of Police OP Singh, who reached the spot, said a case is being filed at the police station and strict action will be taken in this matter.