'Poisoned' Unnao girls laid to rest in family field

The mortal remains of the two girls who were found dead in Unnao's Baburaha village were laid to rest in their own field on Friday. The preliminary post mortem report of the Dalit girls has confirmed poisoning.

Unnao:The mortal remains of the two Unnao girls, who had died following suspected poisoning, were laid to rest in their own field on Friday.

The girls were among the three, who were found in an unconscious state in the field in Unnao's Baburaha village on Wednesday.

The burial took place amid tight police security and the presence of senior police and civil officials.

Family members said that as per tradition, the mortal remains of unmarried girls are not consigned to flames but buried.

The police, on Thursday night, registered a case of murder in connection with the deaths of two teenage girls whose bodies were found in a field here even as a post-mortem revealed no injury marks. The FIR is against unnamed persons.

Apart from Section 302 (murder), the FIR also lists Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code, related to causing disappearance of evidence. The case mentioning the two sections was lodged on the basis of the family's complaint.

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A third girl, who is on ventilator support at a Kanpur hospital, is being treated for suspected poisoning.

The three girls, aged 16, 15 and 14, were found in a field by the family members after they did not return till late on Wednesday night.

The family members rushed the teenagers to a hospital, where two of them were declared brought dead.

The other girl was rushed to a district hospital and later referred to a Kanpur healthcare facility, according to police.

The police have denied reports that the victims' hands were tied and said that there were no injury marks on the two bodies.

"Our investigation has found that bodies had no marks on them either in the hands or legs, suggesting that they were not tied," the SP said.

Unnao SP Anand Kulkarni said there was a contradiction in the statements of girls' family members.

Director General of Police Hitesh Chandra Awasthi said six police teams had been constituted and senior officials were supervising the probe.

(With input from agencies)