Dumka: Parents and relatives of Puja Bharti, a first-year student of Hazaribag Medical College and Hospital (HMCH) whose body was recovered from Patratu dam on January 12, dismissed police’s claim that the girl died by suicide.
DIG A V Homka at a press conference on Saturday said that investigations suggested that the girl died by suicide. However, the father of the deceased, Awadh Bihari Purve, said, “If police believe that she drowned herself after tying her hands and legs on her own, then why did the police claimed earlier that they were close to cracking the ‘murder mystery’?”
He accused the police of being unprofessional and instead demanded a CBI probe in the case.
“The cops’ claim that the deceased was under stress is ridiculous. She was in extremely joyous mood while talking to her mother a few hours before her death,” Vidyanand Purve, Puja’s cousin, said. Meanwhile, different social and political organisations have announced to hold protests in Godda on Monday seeking a CBI probe in the death.