Congress demands ‘neutral investigation’ into murder of party worker | India News

Police on scene (ANI picture)

A political storm broke out after an unidentified lady’s physique was found stuffed in a suitcase close to the Sampla bus stand in Rohtak, Haryana,. The police have been alerted on Friday, and an investigation was launched instantly.
The case took a flip after Congress MLA Bharat Bhushan Batra claimed the deceased was Himani Narwal, a Congress worker who had been concerned in Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra and labored carefully with Bhupinder Hooda and Deepinder Hooda throughout elections.
Forensic groups decided the deceased to be a younger lady between 20 and 22 years outdated. She was discovered with a shawl round her neck and mehendi on her arms. Sampla police station SHO Bijendra Singh said that preliminary proof factors to murder, with the physique deserted on the roadside.
“We received information that a dead body has been found in a suitcase on the side of the highway and we are investigating this matter. It seems that this girl has been murdered and her dead body has been thrown here, we are investigating the rest and further action will be taken after registering a case. She is between 20 and 22 years old and the body has just been found, we will identify it and take further action,” he stated, as quoted by information company ANI.
Haryana Congress president Bhupinder Singh Hooda condemned the incident, calling it a extreme failure of regulation and order within the state.
“The news of the barbaric murder of active Congress worker Himani Narwal in Rohtak is extremely sad and shocking. I pay my tribute to the departed soul and express my deepest condolences to the family members. The murder of a girl in this manner and finding her body in a suitcase is extremely sad and shocking. This in itself is a blot on the law and order situation of the state,” Hooda posted on X.
“There should be a high-level impartial investigation of this murder and the government should provide justice to the victim’s family as soon as possible and provide the harshest punishment to the culprits,” he added.