UP: Body of man, ‘killed’ 41 days ago, exhumed for second postmortem in Mainpuri

AGRA: Mainpuri police on Tuesday exhumed the body of Shamshad (32) in Kurra area for a second postmortem 41 days after he was allegedly thrashed and strangled, following a plea that the murder accused filed before the district administration, claiming the victim had committed suicide.
Shamshad was allegedly beaten up and strangled by his neighbours belonging to a different community when he was “beating up” his wife on June 15. Four persons were booked for murder on a complaint lodged by the victim’s brother at Kurra police station.
The first post-mortem report of the victim had ascertained the cause for his death as “asphyxia due to ante-mortem strangulation”. The accused, however, approached district magistrate Mahendra Bahadur Singh, demanding a second postmortem.
The DM confirmed that the autopsy would be conducted for the second time by a panel of doctors, and the procedure would be filmed for transparency.