Police suspect family’s role

PAWAN YADAV BARA, DEC 28 (The Kathmadu Post)

Bindu’s slippers were found outside her house and an empty kerosene jar was also recovered from the house

INVESTIGATION into the death of teenage girl from Prastoka VDC-5 of Bara is turning into a muddled affair due to lack of details in the post-mortem report. While the police have initiated their probe assuming that the 16-year-old victim, Bindu Thakur, was murdered based on their preliminary finding, the post-mortem report provided by the District Hospital only states that she died of burn injuries and that there was a bruise on the back of her shoulder. Police Inspector Ramnath Ghimire said they had written to the hospital to provide every last detail like whether the victim was raped before her death, the time of her death and if there were any signs of injury other than the ones inflicted by burn. The hospital report was not satisfactory, he said. Meanwhile, a source at the hospital said the police had not written to them as claimed and that they could not furnish the details that were not asked for. Charred body of Bindu was found near her house on Wednesday morning. There were no sign of struggle on the scene. Ghimire said the victim had only a loose dress resembling undergarment on and there were no burnt clothes on the scene if she was wearing any. Bindu’s family members have been saying that she had left the house early in the morning for her tuition class and that they learnt about her death nearly an hour after her leaving. Her slippers were found outside the house and an empty kerosene jar was also recovered from the house. Police suspect that she was murdered by her own family members. Bindu’s father, Rama Thakur, was taken into custody on Thursday evening for interrogation. The victim’s mother and her two sisters were also held on Friday for questioning.