Overview

• Sarla, 42, was found partially burned in Deeg’s Kakra village on Tuesday, with police alleging an effort by relatives and villagers to cremate her body before investigators could act.
• An FIR for murder, destruction of evidence, and assault on public servants names her husband Ashok Kumar and several in‑laws, with roughly 50 people implicated overall.
• Police say villagers assaulted officers who tried to stop the pyre, injuring two constables and seizing their phones, before reinforcements arrived to secure the site.
• Senior officers with the local fire brigade extinguished the pyre, recovered the body, and oversaw a medical‑board post‑mortem before handing the remains to her family.
• Four suspects are detained while the principal accused remain at large, and the victim’s family alleges long‑term harassment over childlessness and a motive tied to a compromising incident involving the father‑in‑law.