Woman found alive after husband accused of 'murdering' her was jailed for several years

Woman's father identified dead body found by police during investigation

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Dausa, Rajasthan: Mehandipur Balaji police on Saturday detained the same woman who was declared dead seven years ago while two men, including her husband who accused of her murder, served time in jail for her "murder".

Mehandipur Balaji police took action after getting tip about the whereabouts of the woman.

"The victim Sonu (husband) said that in 2015 he had a court marriage with a woman named Aarti. After marriage, Aarti demanded to get the land in her name along with the money," said Police Station Officer Mehandipur Balaji Ajit Singh Badsera.

"On expressing his inability, the woman left the house after 8 days and disappeared somewhere. After this, he searched for but she was nowhere to be found," said Badsera added.

Meanwhile, the UP police found the dead body of an abandoned woman in the Magorra canal of Mathura. When the post-mortem of the woman was not done, the police got her cremated.

"After 6 months, when the woman's father reached the police to investigate his missing daughter, the police showed him the photo and clothes of the dead woman.

"During this, Surajprasad the woman's father identified her as his daughter Aarti. Suraj Prasad Gupta accused Sonu Saini and Gopal Saini, residents of Mehandipur Balaji, of killing his daughter," said Balaji Ajit Singh Badsera.

The two accused are out on bail and are hopeful of getting justice.

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