‘Tattooed girl’s’ murder a mystery for cops, honour killing suspected

NEW DELHI: Two days after the dead body of a 22-yearold girl was found in Southeast Delhi behind Holy Family Hospital, no one turned up to file a missing complaint that matched the description, arising suspicions that it could also be a case of honour killing. The cops have pasted around 3,000 posters giving the description of the girl that mentions specific details about the deceased.

The Delhi Police are also verifying missing complaints of girls of similar descriptions but have failed to make any substantial headway. Now, the cops have appealed to the general public to identify the girl through the posters. The Delhi Police say that the girl was of a wheatish complexion and was wearing a black jeans and a black jacket. She was wearing a green shirt and cloth shoes.

Had a locket around her neck that has ‘R’ inscribed on it. The girl also has two rings on one of her fingers and one in a finger of her right hand. The girl has a ‘Rudraksh mala’ on her left hand and has an ‘Om’ tattooed on her right wrist. The girl has injury marks on her neck that indicates initially towards strangulation.

The fact that no one has turned up with the missing complaint of the girl in the police stations is arising suspicions that someone known to the girl might have murdered her and dumped the body behind Holy Family Hospital. Sources say that the possibility of honour killing cannot be ruled out. The cops are also going door-to-door in the area to find any clue that could help the cops identify the girl. “We have not yet been able to identify the dead body. We are working on it. No one till now has approached the police stations to file a missing report of this description,” said a senior police officer.