Anantnag: A family including many other women on Saturday staged a protest in the Achabal area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district against the alleged murder of their daughter by her in-laws.
The family and relatives of the woman assembled at the Achabal road where they shouted slogans and demanded “immediate action against the in-laws for the alleged murder.
“When our daughter died in the hospital, her in-laws silently left without taking her body for last rites at her in-laws house in the Kehribal-Mattan area in Anantnag,” protestors said.
The family demanded strict action against the in-laws and urged authorities to act swiftly so that the “culprits are brought to book immediately.”
A police team later reached the spot and pacified the protesters, mainly women, with the assurances of action as warranted under laws.
Later the traffic was also restored.
A police official said that the proceedings have been launched into the incident.
(GNS)
