Two sisters found living with mother’s corpse for a year in Varanasi
Two sisters were found living with their mother’s corpse for nearly a year in Lanka area of Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi district
Varanasi: In a very shocking incident, two sisters were found living with their mother’s corpse for nearly a year in Lanka area of Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi district.
The incident came to light when the sister’s neighbours complained about something suspicious happening after the women did not come out of the house for more than a week.
According to police officials, the woman Usha Tripathi 52 had died in December last year but instead of performing her last rites, the daughters, Pallavi Tripathi (27) and Vaishvik Tripathi (18) of the deceased kept her corpse locked inside a room at their house.
Based on the information, the police reached the spot and knocked on the sisters’ door, but when no one answered, the officers broke in and entered the house.
Upon entering the room, the police team was shocked to discover the decomposed corpse of the deceased woman lying on the floor while her daughters were also found sitting beside their mother’s body in the same room, the police.
Later, the police have taken both the daughters into custody and the incident is being investigated.
Ms Kalinga