Woman, two daughters die after consuming poison during police raid in Baghpat district

MEERUT : A case was registered against a sub-inspector and five others on Wednesday after a woman and her two daughters consumed poison during a police raid at their house in village Bachaud of district Baghpat on Tuesday evening fearing arrest. While the elder daughter, aged 19, had died on Wednesday, the mother and the younger daughter, 17, died on Thursday.

The woman belongs to the Luhar community, a backward caste, and her son had eloped with a dalit girl a fortnight ago and a raid was conducted to find the couple.

The victims had been rushed to a hospital in Meerut.

The death of the woman and her two daughters sent a shock wave in the village. Angry villagers refused to perform the last rites of the elder girl on Wednesday, demanding that the cops and the girl’s brothers were booked for provoking the woman and her daughters to consume poison.

District magistrate of Bagpat Rajkamal Yadav and SP Neeraj Kumar Jadaun rushed to the village and tried to pacify the villagers and perform the last rites. The angry villagers only agreed after a case was registered against the six persons, including sub-inspector Naresh Pal of Chaprauli police station and the two brothers of the eloped girl.

On Thursday, the woman and her 17-year-old second daughter also died during treatment. The villagers once again refused to perform last rites, demanding the arrest of the accused and an ex-gratia of ₹50 lakh to the kin of the victim’s family. DM and SP again managed to pacify the villagers and the last rites of the woman and her daughter were performed.Meanwhile, a heavy police force has been deployed in the village. The Circle officer of Baraut area Yuvraj Singh said, “No one has been arrested yet.”