A district court in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday rejected a petition filed by the family of a Noida woman who was found dead in her matrimonial home in Bhopal, demanding a second autopsy.
The court ordered the preservation of the woman’s body, the Pakistan News Agency reported.
Judicial Magistrate First Class Anodita Gupta ordered a letter to be sent to the police asking them to immediately collect details about a “low-temperature preservation facility” in Madhya Pradesh and submit a report to the court without delay.
“The application we made for the second autopsy, in order to preserve the body, the court did not allow it, but partially allowed it and directed the SHO to preserve the body,” said lawyer Ankur Pandey, who is representing the family.
The 33-year-old woman from Noida was found dead in her matrimonial home just five months after she became part of a prominent legal family in Bhopal.
Her family later alleged that she was mentally harassed, abused and pressured by her husband and in-laws over her demand for dowry.
Later, the family approached a local court in Bhopal demanding a new examination of the body. Their counsel, advocate Ankur Pandey, told news agency PTI that they had expressed concerns about flaws in the investigation and said the FIR was registered three days after she was found dead.
On Wednesday, Bhopal police asked the woman’s family to take custody of her body, saying there were fears that it might start decomposing as AIIMS Bhopal does not have ultra-low temperature storage facilities.
