BHADOHI — Police in Bhadohi have unraveled a staged suicide, taking 18-year-old Suraj Bind into custody and detaining his 15-year-old brother after forensic experts confirmed their 21-year-old sister was strangled to death inside their family home.
Police cracked the case after autopsy findings contradicted the family's initial claim that 21-year-old Khushi Bind died by suicide on November 4. The medical report, delivered to investigators on Friday, established that the young woman suffered fatal strangulation before her body was suspended from the ceiling in Jakhaon village, located under the Gopiganj police station limits.
She had been murdered first. Then strung up.
Following the autopsy findings, the victim's father, Teras Bind, lodged an official police complaint that triggered a homicide investigation. Detectives moved quickly, hauling in both younger brothers for sustained questioning after discrepancies emerged regarding the timeline of events inside the Jakhaon residence.
Both siblings broke down during interrogation and confessed to the killing, according to Additional Superintendent of Police Shubham Agrawal. The brothers told investigators they had long opposed their sister's relationship with a local youth, repeatedly objecting to her phone calls.
On the afternoon of November 4, tensions boiled over. The two brothers confronted Khushi while she was actively speaking on her mobile phone, sparking a heated quarrel inside the house. During the confrontation, the pair physically overpowered the 21-year-old and choked her to death. To shield themselves from criminal prosecution and deflect suspicion from the village, they hoisted her body to simulate a self-inflicted hanging.
Police registered a formal case under relevant homicide provisions at the Gopiganj police station based on Teras Bind's complaint. While Suraj Bind faces formal remand proceedings before a local magistrate, police confirmed that his 15-year-old sibling will be produced before the Juvenile Justice Board in accordance with statutory procedures.