Woman Missing After Husband's Death, Family Thinks She Died On Funeral Pyre

A 58-year-old woman has gone missing following the death of her husband in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district with her family members suspecting that she ended her life by jumping into the funeral pyre of her dead spouse.

Police have registered a missing person's report and launched an investigation into the matter.

Jaidev Gupta (65), a resident of Chitkakani village in Chakradharnagar police station area, died due to cancer on Sunday following which his final rites were performed the same evening in the village, a police official here said.

Around 11 pm on Sunday, his wife Gulabi Gupta went outside their house without telling anyone. When she did not return for a long time, her family members launched a search for her, he said.

Later, her saree, slippers, and spectacle were found near the cremation pyre of her husband. Based on these objects found there, her family members suspect that she allegedly died by suicide by jumping into the funeral pyre, he said.

A forensic team has collected samples from the cremation spot and sent them for examination, he said.

A missing person's case has been registered and further probe is underway, he added.

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