Body packed in plastic found near a canal in UP's Chandauli

VARANASI: Body of a mentally challenged girl was found in a plastic sheet dumped near a canal in Dhina area of Chandauli district on Thursday. In another incident, a woman in Jaunpur lodged an FIR against her sister’s husband alleging that he raped her after taking her to a hotel in Varanasi a week ago.
In Chandauli, sensation prevailed in the villages near Janauli canal under the limits of Jansa police station after some locals noticed a human body packed in a plastic sheet.Inspector Dhina Atul Kumar said that on being alerted the police reached the spot and found a girl’s body packed in the plastic sheet.
After the police started efforts to ascertain her identity it was found that the body was of Ujala (18), resident of Bhadahu village in Dhanapur area. On being informed, her parents and family members reached there and informed the police that the girl was mentally ill for past many years and was under treatment for the same.
But, as the body was found dumped packed in a plastic sheet, the villagers suspected that the girl was murdered. Kumar said that the body has been sent for postmortem and actual reason of her death would become clear only after the arrival of the autopsy report.
Meanwhile, a woman from a village lodged a named FIR against her brother-in-law with Kerakat police. Inspector Kerakat Vinay Prakash Singh said that in her complaint lodged on Wednesday evening, the 30-year-old unmarried woman alleged that she had to purchase her medicines from Varanasi. As her brother-in-law dwells in Chaubeypur area in Varanasi she sought his help, said the woman alleging that a week ago when she reached Varanasi with him to purchase the medicine he misled and took her in a hotel room and raped her.
Singh said that the after registering a rape case investigation has been started in this case. A search has been launched to nab the accused who is absconding.