Teen Girls Found Hanging From Tree In UP’s Farrukhabad, Family Says 'Someone Killed Them'

The bodies of two girls were found hanging from a tree outside a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Farrukhabad on Tuesday. The police have launched an investigation into what it prima facie believed to be a case of double suicide.

According to the family members, the two girls aged 15 and 18, went to attend a Janmashtami programme on Monday evening, but did not return. Later, on Tuesday morning, their bodies were found hanging in a mango orchard.

A mobile phone was found near the tree and a SIM card from the clothes of one of the girls. These recovered items have been sent for further probe so that other details could be obtained.

Superintendent of Police (Fathegarh) Alok Priyadarshi said the bodies were recovered outside a village in the Kayamganj police station area on Tuesday morning and a probe is underway into the matter.

“Upon being alerted about it, a local police team reached the spot for inspection. The girls are said to be 15 and 18 years old. They are said to be close friends and lived in the same neighbourhood. The bodies were hanging with two ‘dupattas’ which were tied together,” the SP added.

The necks of the two girls were tied at each end of the ‘dupatta’ which went across the tree.

Prime facie it appears to be a case of suicide but the details could be ascertained only after the post-mortem report, he said.

The families of the girls have been contacted and a written complaint is being received from them, he said.

Meanwhile, the father of one of the girls said they had gone to attend a programme at the nearly temple on the occasion of Janmashtami. “They went in the evening and returned around 9 pm because it had started raining. Later, in the night, they went again. The programme ended around 1 am. When they did not return, we started looking for them,” the father was quoted as saying by NDTV.

“A child said they slept at their aunt’s place. We went there, but did not find them. Many of our relatives stay there, so we thought they must have slept there and will return in the morning,” he said, adding, “However, one of their acquaintances informed us that someone is hanging from a tree in the orchard. When reached there at 6 am, we found the girls hanging. We think someone killed them and hanged them bodies.”

Earlier in 2014, a horrific incident unfolded in the state of Uttar Pradesh when two minor girls, who were cousins and belonged to the Dalit community were kidnapped, gangraped and hanged from a tree in Katra Sadatganj village in UP’s Badaun district.

Akhilesh Yadav Demands Action

Following the incident, Samajwadi chief Akhilesh Yadav demanded swift investigation into the case by the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government and said such incidents create an horrific atmosphere in the society.

Taking to X, he wrote, “It is a very sensitive incident that the bodies of two girls, who had gone out to see the Janmashtami festival in Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh, were found hanging from a tree. The BJP government should immediately conduct an impartial inquiry into this matter and submit its report on this suspicious case of murder.”

“Such incidents create a horrific atmosphere in society, which causes a deep mental trauma to the women in society. The inevitable time has come to raise ‘women safety’ as a serious issue, rising above politics,” he added.

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