Girl Found Dead: Family Alleges Murder, Not Suicide

In Rakhai village, West Champaran district, a minor girl was discovered deceased under suspicious circumstances on Friday. Her family has vehemently alleged that the death was not a suicide, but a murder staged to look like one. Following a written complaint from the victim's father, Shikarpur police initiated a case under several sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The complaint names 11 individuals and also includes 50 unidentified persons as accused. The primary suspect, Istekhar Ansari, has been apprehended and placed in judicial custody. Police teams are actively conducting raids to apprehend the remaining individuals involved. According to the victim's father, a group of individuals from the village forcibly involved a minor boy, pressuring him to falsely claim a connection with his daughter. When the boy denied these allegations, both he and the girl were allegedly dragged out and assaulted. The father claims his daughter was beaten to death, and her body was subsequently hung to simulate a suicide.