A 20-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh’s Auraiya district, who was presumed dead for the past two years, has been found alive in Madhya Pradesh, police confirmed on Tuesday.
The woman had disappeared from her marital home in 2023, barely 18 months after her marriage. With no trace of her, her family filed a missing complaint on October 23, 2023. Soon after, alleging that she had been murdered for dowry, her relatives approached the court. Following its directions, police registered a case of dowry death under Section 304B of the Indian Penal Code against her husband and six members of his family.
For two years, the husband’s family faced trial in the case. Meanwhile, Special Operations Group teams and police surveillance units continued their search. Their efforts finally paid off when t