In-Laws Claimed She Ran Away. Then Her Body Was Found In A 10-Foot Pit

The body, which had to be exhumed using an excavator, was identified as that of 24-year-old Tanu, a resident of Shikohabad in Uttar Pradesh.

Faridabad:

The decomposed body of a woman was recovered from a 10-foot-deep ditch in a residential street in Haryana's Faridabad on Friday.  The body, which had to be exhumed using an excavator, was identified as that of 24-year-old Tanu, a resident of Shikohabad in Uttar Pradesh. She had been married for just under two years to Arun, a resident of Roshan Nagar in Faridabad.

According to the police, four members of Tanu's in-laws' family - her husband, father-in-law, mother-in-law, and another close relative - are in custody. 

The body was found buried under a freshly laid concrete section of a public lane adjacent to the house where Tanu had lived with her husband and his family. The area had been dug up around two months ago for the construction of a drain for wastewater, neighbours told the police.

The body was exhumed around 8:00 am and has now been sent for forensic examination to ascertain the exact time and cause of death. 

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