Sri Krishan, a sugar mill worker in #LakhimpurKheri's Tamoulipur village, had written 15 letters to various officials before an FIR was filed by the #UPPolice. In April, his daughter, Pappi Devi, died under suspicious circumstances following harassment by her in-laws for #dowry. Hospital records reveal that Pappi Devi had given birth to a healthy girl child. <br /><br />In August, the skeletal remains of the baby were exhumed metres away from the spot where Pappi Devi had been cremated.<br /><br />Newslaundry's Akanksha Kumar and Nidhi Suresh report on a father’s struggle to find out how he lost his daughter and granddaughter, and an apathetic state’s relentlessness in thwarting him.<br /><br />Read the full ground report: https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/11/23/two-deaths-no-fir-how-ups-criminal-justice-system-failed-pappi-devi-and-her-baby<br /><br />Sign up for our all-new media newsletter: https://bit.ly/StopPressNewsletter<br /><br />Support independent media and subscribe to Newslaundry: http://bit.ly/paytokeepnewsfree<br /><br />To watch this and many more videos, click on http://www.newslaundry.com/<br /><br />Follow and engage with us on social media:<br />Facebook: https://facebook.com/newslaundry<br />Twitter: https://twitter.com/newslaundry<br />Instagram: https://instagram.com/newslaundry
