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UP honour killing: Pharmacist suspended for tampering autopsy report for Rs 50,000; family tried to frame girl's lover
BAREILLY: In the honour killing case of a teenage girl in Sambhal, pharmacist Madhur Arya from Bahjoi's Community Health Centre has been suspended while the services of contract worker Yash Sharma at the post-mortem house have been terminated.
The duo were involved in changing the autopsy report.
The case was reported from Haidpur village in the Rajpura police station area of Gunnor tehsil, Sambhal district. On May 27, a girl, aged 17, was found hanging in her home.
Investigation revealed that her father, Chandrakesh, and brother, Dharmendra, strangled her to death and then hung her body.
They attempted to frame four people, including the girl's lover, Pramod Kumar.
SP Krishan Kumar Bishnoi disclosed that it was a case of honour killing on June 9.
The police arrested the girl's father, brother, Jai Prakash, and pharmacist Madhur Arya and sent them to jail. The pharmacist was accused of tampering with the post-mortem report for Rs 50,000.
CMO Dr Tarun Pathak said, 'Both employees have been jailed under the Prevention of Corruption Act. Pharmacist Madhur Arya from CHC Bahjoi has been suspended, and the contract worker Yash Sharma's services at the post-mortem house have been terminated. A departmental investigation has been ordered against the pharmacist, and further action will be taken after the investigation report is received.'
