Mahendragarh girl found dead in UP gurukul, kin allege murder

Tribune News Service

Mahendragarh, July 13

A 14-year-old girl hailing from Daungra Ahir village here was found hanging under mysterious circumstances at a gurukul in Noida (Uttar Pradesh).

The victim’s mother alleged that her daughter had been killed and the body was cremated against their wish by the gurukul management. She has also demanded a CBI inquiry into the matter and strict action against those involved in it.

Note ‘recovered’

We found a note in one of the books of my daughter, wherein she had written that something terrible happened with her today. Everyone behaved badly with her. —Victim’s mother

Though the incident took place on July 3 but it came to the fore on Monday, when a team of the Noida police reached Daungra Ahir village for investigation.

In her complaint, the girl’s mother said her three children, two daughters and a son, studied in two separate branches of the gurukul.

“On July 3, we got a call from the gurukul incharge, who asked us to come to Noida immediately. I along with my husband reached there but our phones were forcibly taken away. Later, we were shown the body of our daughter hanging from a ceiling fan in a room of the gurukul. The gurukul officials also forcibly got some papers signed from us and cremated the body against our wish,” she alleged.

She claimed her daughter’s body had turned blue and her clothes were torn. “We found a note in one of the books of my daughter, wherein she had written that something terrible happened with her today. Everyone behaved badly with her,” the victim’s mother added.

Vinay Kumar, SHO, Kanina police station, confirmed that the UP Police team came in connection with the death of the girl, while ASI Mahabir Singh, Reader of Kanina DSP, said they received a complaint from the human rights commission regarding the incident. “Since the incident occurred in Noida, it is being probed by the UP Police,” he added.