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College girl's body exhumed 10 days after death

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Press Trust of India Howrah (WB)
Ten days after she was found hanging in house, body of a 20-year old girl has been exhumed by the police to ascertain the reason behind death at Dasnagar in Howrah district.

Police sources said the girl, a BA student of Domjur College, was found hanging from the ceiling of her room on February 8.

However, her body was buried without police being informed in the nearby Burial Ground.

On getting the information from various sources, police initiated a case on its own after taking local court's consent and exhumed the body in presence of a magistrate yesterday.

The body has been sent for autopsy.

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First Published: Feb 19 2014 | 1:59 PM IST

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