Mysterious death baffles police

Hazaribagh: A burnt body of a woman, Triti Jain, was recovered from her in-laws? house in Kumhartoli locality of the town on Sunday.

Family members said Triti had committed suicide but circumstances revealed that she was first strangulated and then burnt to death.

Thirty-four-year-old Triti, wife of Sanjay Loharia alias Pappu, has a daughter and a son. The police who received information about the incident reached the house of Bhagchandra Jain Loharia, Triti?s father-in-law, on Sunday morning.

Triti?s brother-in-law Vijay Loharia said the deceased had attended a party and had returned home after shopping. ?We don?t know what had happened to her afterwards,? he said to The Telegraph. He said he and his father were sleeping on the same floor. But added that they had not heard anything ?unusual?. ?My younger brother Ajay was sleeping in his room on the ground floor and he had heard some noises. He came to first floor and raised the alarm after which we rushed to her room. But by that time she had died due to burn injures,? he claimed.

But police say that if the woman had burnt herself then there should have been marks of the flames on the walls, which were missing. The in-charge of the women?s cell, Kusum Pathak, called the case ?mysterious?. She said there were injuries on Triti?s legs, which suggests that she was dragged. ?I recovered matchsticks and a matchbox near the body. In such cases, matchbox and matchsticks are not recovered that close to a body,? she added. Triti?s parents are expected to arrive from Kanpur. Police officers said the post-mortem reports will clear all the mystery behind the incident.

Man kills son, rapes mother

Giridih: A man callled Lalu Das raped a woman and killed her 5-month-old son to deepen her fear of him on Saturday night.

The incident happened in a village under Muffassil police station. The rapist had earlier falsely implicated the woman?s husband, Dalo Dasto, to jail. On Saturday night Das, a resident of Akdonikala, entered the victim?s house and raped her, later poisoning her son.

Dharna continues

Giridih: Widows and kin of Bhelwaghati massacre continued their protests for the sixth day. Out of the 17 families, four male members were given appointment letters on Thursday by the home ministry. But there are 13 widows who still seek economic support. They have threatened to sit on an indefinite dharna before the residence of chief minister Arjun Munda from Monday onwards, if the promises made to them are not fulfiled. Some political parties and NGOs came forward to help the kin on Sunday, Samajwadi party leader Quasim Naushad Ansari distributed blanket among those sitting on the dharna.

Medical camp

Jamshedpur: Members of the Jamshedpur Marwari Mahila Manch on Sunday organised a mega health camp for the underprivileged at a school in Sundergarh. The secretary of social organisation, Urmila Sanghi, said a team of doctors checked patients and prescribed medicines for them.

Jail adalat

Giridih: The district legal service cell organised a special jail adalat on the Giridih jail premises on Sunday. At least 20 prisoners were freed and 17 prisoner-related matters were sorted out. The district and sessions judge, D.N. Upadhyay, said the jail adalats are a blessing for those who are facing trail in the absence of evidence.

Bone stealer

Giridih: The Nawdiha police arrested Shankar Rana of Gamhardih under the Jamua police station for stealing bones from a grave yard. Residents of Gamhardih, Mahjid Mia and Suleman Ansari, had earlier lodged a complaint stating that someone was stealing bones from the grave yard.

Remembered

Giridih: Many political parties remembered Vinod Bihari Mahto on his 14th death anniversary. JMM, JD(U) and Ajsu paid rich tribute to Mahto, one of the founders of the JMM party who also remained an MP of the Giridih district in the late Eighties. The tribute held in Dumri and was attended by Giridih?s JMM MP Teklal Mahto.

Over 100 special children on Sunday took part in the annual sports day organised by the Centre for Hearing Impaired Children at the Tata Steel Security Training Centre Ground in Jamshedpur