Unnao sisters buried under heavy security, dad wants killers hanged

UNNAO: The two teenage sisters, whose bodies were found two days ago at their farm in a Unnao village, were buried on Friday morning under heavy police cover. Two pits were dug, 200m from their homes and the bodies wrapped in white were taken out in a procession winding through mustard fields with scores of mourning villagers joining in the last rites.
Residents of the sleepy Baburha village, who have been restless and awake for two nights, shook off their slumber and thronged the funeral site at 9am.They helped in digging two 8-foot-deep pits in the fields in presence of policemen and a company of provincial armed constabulary (PAC) before burying the bodies.
Father of the 13-year-old girl sobbed inconsolably and said his daughter’s soul would find peace only after the killers are nabbed. “We have no demand from anybody other than arrest of the accused,” he said.
Talking to TOI, the grandfather of the 16-year-old girl said, “As per tradition, unmarried girls who die under unnatural circumstances are buried.”
SP Unnao, Anand Kulkarni, said, the last rites were conducted in the morning as per wishes of the families. “We did not force the family to bury the bodies at night, while clarifying on allegations that cops had been coercing the families to complete the funeral at the dead of night,” he said.
District magistrate, Unnao, Ravindra Kumar handed over a cheque of Rs 5 lakh each family of the deceased and Rs 2 lakh compensation to the kin of the girl, who is battling for life at a private Kanpur hospital.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)