Girl found dead in Bathinda university, family marches for justice

Tribune News Service

Bathinda, May 22

It was a real show of solidarity, when a large number of local residents gathered on Friday to demand justice for 26-year-old, Jyoti, who was found dead in Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University (MRSPTU), on Dabwali road in Bathinda, on May 10.

Men and women—holding placards, demanding justice with pictures of Jyoti—marched through the streets of Bathinda. They started from Gurdwara Quila Mubarak and marched towards the district administrative complex.

The family members of the 26-year-old and the action committee alleged, that Jyoti did not commit suicide, but was murdered.

They claimed the accused MRSPTU employee, Jagdev Singh, was arrested, but police should also book the two senior officials who called Jyoti to the office on Sunday despite it being a holiday.

Jyoti’s family members have demanded a high-level probe into the incident. They claim that injury marks on Jyoti’s hand and torn clothes indicate murder.

Jyoti, who belonged to Amarpura Basti in the city, was working as a clerk-cum-data operator on a regular post in the accounts department of Technical University.

Later, Jagdev Singh, the clerk working at Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University (MRSPTU), was arrested on the charge of murdering fellow colleague, Jyoti Rani and then terming the incident as a suicide.

In a statement to the police, the family members of the deceased had said, accused Jagdev Singh, was pressuring their daughter to marry him despite repeatedly being spurned.