Rohtak, March 2: The body of a woman Congress worker was found in a suitcase in Haryana’s Rohtak, sparking a political storm on Sunday with the victim’s family raising doubt about the involvement of a Congress colleague and the BJP slamming the grand old party for some of its members’ criminal track record.
The black suitcase from which the body of Himani Narwal, 23, a law student, was recovered on Friday had been dumped near the Sampla bus stand on the Rohtak-Delhi highway. The bag was spotted by some rag-pickers.
Himani’s mother Savita, who lives with her son Jatin in Delhi, sought justice for her daughter alleging intra-party rivalry as a possible motive behind the murder.
She claimed Himani had made many enemies due to her quick rise in the Congress after she joined Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra.
“I request Hooda sahab to help us get justice,” she said, adding that her killers could be from the party or known to her.
The victim’s brother Jatin told IANS that their family will not cremate her till they get justice.
He said the bag in which the body was found belonged to Himani, indicating that someone known to her may be involved.
Savita said Himani left her home to catch a bus to Delhi on February 27 evening but later told her that she would be busy with an event of “Deepender Hooda Sahab”. But it seems Himani was killed before attending the event, she said. After 4 p.m. on Thursday there was no communication with her, said Savita. Himani’s mother said she got a call from the police on Friday afternoon informing her about the murder. (IANS)
