22-Year-Old Missing Woman’s Body Found in Assam; Family Claims Rape and Murder

DIBRUGARH: The body of a 22-year-old woman was found in a river in Assam’s Dibrugarh district on January 13, four days after she had gone missing. Police said that the body was sent for post-mortem the same day, and further investigation is underway. One person has been detained in this connection, police said.

There were protests by locals, including the family members of the victim, in front of the Dibrugarh’s Lahowal Police Station demanding the arrest of the accused. According to the victim’s family members, she went missing on January 9, and her body was found floating in a river on January 13.

The family members said that the woman went to meet her friend in Lahowal on December 9 and never returned. Four days later, her body was found. “There were no clothes on the body. The injury marks and the condition of the body indicated that she was raped and murdered. We want a proper investigation of the case and her friend to be arrested as soon as possible,” the protesting family members said.

Another family member claimed that the woman was pregnant when she was murdered. “We are yet to see the postmortem report, but the doctors have confirmed that she was a few weeks pregnant. We want a proper investigation,” the family member who did not wish to be named said.