A young Dalit woman’s naked body was found stuffed in a sack near the Kanjara River bridge in Uttar Pradesh’s Karhal, where a bypoll was underway on Wednesday. Her family accused one Prashant Yadav of murdering her and alleged political motives behind the crime. They claimed the woman, who had expressed her intention to vote for the BJP in the Karhal bypolls, was threatened by Prashant to vote for the Samajwadi Party.
Karhal falls under the Mainpuri district, which is an SP stronghold. Tensions soared in the area following the incident.