Woman Congress worker's body found stuffed in suitcase in Haryana's Rohtak; mother says 'election, party claimed her life'

The woman was identified as a 22-year-old resident of Vijay Nagar in Rohtak, police added.

Chandigarh: A woman's body was found stuffed in a suitcase near Sampla bus stand in Haryana's Rohtak district on Saturday, police said.

The woman was identified as a 22-year-old resident of Vijay Nagar in Rohtak, they added. Congress has claimed that the deceased was Himani Narwal, on of their party workers. They have demanded a high-level investigation of the murder, news agency ANI reported.

The deceased's mother told ANI in a statement, "...Election and party claimed my daughter's life. She made some enemies due to that. These (perpetrators) could be even from the party, they could be her friends too..."

Narrating the incident, the mother said, "She was at home on 28th February...We received a phone call from Police Station (regarding the incident). My daughter was very close to Asha Hooda (wife of Bhupinder Singh Hooda), I won't perform her last rites until she gets justice...Yes there was (a family dispute), we lived in a little fear."

"I took my son to BSF camp from here...My elder son was killed in 2011 and we never received justice. So, I took him (another son) to BSF camp to save his life...After election, she had become a little disillusioned with the party. She said that she wanted a job and that she didn't want to work much for the party...She was associated with Congress for the past 10 years. She had also agreed to get married. She was pursuing LL.B...I had called up Asha Hooda in the morning but my phone call was not received," she said.

The suitcase was spotted by some passersby, who informed the police.

Sampla Police Station Inspector Bijender Singh said an investigation was underway, and a case had been registered.

Meanwhile, former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda expressed deep shock over the woman's death in Rohtak.

"The murder 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 of the state. There should be a high-level, impartial investigation into this entire case, and the culprits should receive the harshest punishment as soon as possible," Hooda said in a statement.

Hooda said that if any such incident occurs against women, the government and the entire law and order system should take exemplary action so that in the future, anyone with criminal tendencies will think a thousand times before committing such an act.

The senior Congress leader stated that this tragic incident has once again revealed that law and order has "completely collapsed" in the state.

(With PTI inputs)