Balasore, Mar 1: In a shocking incident, the body of a pregnant woman was found hanging in her in-laws’ house in Khaira block of Odisha’s Balasore district this morning.
The deceased, identified as Sasmita Sahu, was eight months pregnant.
As per reports, Sasmita and her husband Deepak Behera went to sleep in their room last night as usual. However, when Deepak woke up this morning, he reportedly saw Sasmita hanging from the ceiling fan of the room.
Thereafter, he with the help of his father brought Sasmita’s body down and informed the police.
On getting the information, police arrived at the spot and seized the body. Subsequently, it was sent for post-mortem.
Meamwhile, Sasmita’s family alleged that her in-laws have killed her and later hung the body to give it a suicide angle.
Deepak is a drunkard and does not go anywhere to work. The couple often used to quarrel with each other. Also, Sasmita was subjected to domestic violence by her husband and her in-laws, alleged the victim’s family.
A probe has been launched into the case and necessary actions will follow, said the police.
