Physio found dead in city assaulted by more than 1 person and burnt with acid Opposition and govt near compromise on the winter session

The 25-year-old physiotherapist, who was found dead in her Vile Parle home on Tuesday, was sexually assaulted by more than one person before being strangulated to death, according to the post-mortem report.

Forensic experts said she was forced into unnatural sex and burnt with acid. The experts found an acid burn mark on her chest and said she was sexual assaulted by two or more people out of ‘jealousy or cruelty’.

“She wasn’t just strangulated with the help of jeans, but the culprits also used their hands to choke her to ensure she dies,” said a forensic expert from Cooper Hospital and Medical College. “There was a blackened burn mark on her chest, which was caused due to an inflammable fluid. But when our team visited the place, they couldn’t find any bottle or flask of fluid,” the expert said.

Parliament logjam over demonetisation could end with the Congress on Wednesday giving up its demand for a debate under a rule that entails voting, hours after BJP veteran LK Advani embarrassed the government, lashing out at its failure to run the House.

Parliament has not got much business done after it opened for the winter session on November 16, with the Opposition taking on the government over its decision to discontinue Rs500 and Rs1,000 banknotes that has triggered a cash crunch.

The Opposition softened its stand during a meeting with speaker Sumitra Mahajan in the evening.

Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge accepted Mahajan’s offer for a debate in the Lok Sabha without invoking any rules regarding voting but said the government should suspend all business to start the discussion, sources said.

Congress party’s chief whip Jyotiraditya Scindia and Trinamool Congress leader Sudip Bandopadhyaya also met the speaker. The government had not responded to the proposal till late evening.

The meeting came hours after former deputy prime minister Advani berated the government and the Opposition for disruptions in the Lok Sabha.