‘Murdered’ woman in Bihar turns up alive in Jharkhand, was living with lover
The body of an unidentified woman was recovered from a canal near Khanda village. The woman’s brother identified the body as his sister’s.
A woman previously believed to have been murdered in Bihar's Rohtas district 12 years ago, with her husband, father-in-law, and six relatives imprisoned for the crime, has been discovered living with her lover in Jharkhand's Garhwa district, police sources disclosed. The woman, Saraswati Devi, also known as Kanti Devi, appeared before a Sasaram court on Saturday following a case lodged against her for deceiving police, according to Rohtas Superintendent of Police Raj.
Saraswati Devi, hailing from Pirauta village in Aurangabad district, wed Arun Mehta in 2002, and they had a son two years later. In 2014, Devi secretly eloped with Rattu Singh, a resident of the same village, without informing her family. On August 22 of that year, the body of an unidentified woman was found in a canal near Khanda village in Dehri Mufassil police station.
Saraswati Devi's brother recognized the body as her own, and she was subsequently cremated. A murder case was subsequently lodged against eight individuals, including the woman's husband and father-in-law, who were incarcerated. However, the in-laws reached an agreement with the family, paying ₹3 lakh, and the accused were subsequently released.
In 2026, the family learned that Saraswati Devi had assumed a new identity and was residing with Rattu Singh in Labhari Kala village, Jharkhand. The family informed SP Raj, who dispatched a police force that located the woman in Jharkhand. Police are currently investigating the identity of the woman whose remains were recovered from the canal, Raj explained.
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