Kolkata: In a gruesome incident in West Bengal\u2019s Malda district, a pregnant woman was brutally murdered by her husband and in-laws in anticipation that she might give birth to another girl child.<\/p>\n
The incident occurred a few days ago and in an attempt to destroy the evidence, the accused husband and members of his family even buried Reshma Khatun\u2019s body in a local graveyard.<\/p>\n
However, the family members of the victim approached a local court demanding the immediate retrieval of the body from the graveyard.<\/p>\n
The body has been exhumed and was sent for post-mortem on Saturday, the police said.<\/p>\n
The husband and his parents are currently absconding.<\/p>\n
Police personnel from the Harishchandrapur Police Station have started investigation in the matter and alerts have been sent to all police stations with pictures of the absconding accused.<\/p>\n
The victim\u2019s father Nazir Alam told the police that since his daughter got married three years ago, she was constantly humiliated by her in-laws for his inability to pay an amount of Rs 2 lakhs as per their demand.<\/p>\n
After a year of the marriage, she gave birth to a girl child which made her husband and in-laws even more furious towards her, Alam further claimed.<\/p>\n
He added that as she got pregnant again this year, the accused tortured her even more anticipating that she might give birth to another girl child.<\/p>\n
Finally that anticipation prompted them to kill her through strangulation, Alam claimed.<\/p>\n
(IANS)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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