According to her family, a 28-year-old married woman was murdered by her in-laws after she was found dead from a gunshot wound in Badagaon hamlet in this area, police said on Tuesday.

The incident happened on Monday evening. According to authorities, Rishibala was discovered dead in her bed with a prohibited.315-bore small rifle also present.

According to circle officer Deepshikha Ahibaran Singh, the victim’s uncle Harpal has accused her in-laws of killing her in his complaint.

According to authorities, a post-mortem was performed on Rishibala’s body, and forensic teams also gathered evidence there.

Gappu, Rishibala’s husband, was reportedly in his field of crops at the time of the event, according to the police. She was found dead in the room, according to her brother-in-law Durvesh, who reported the incident to the police.

The family initially reported the death as a suicide and did not call the police for about an hour, according to the police.

An investigation is ongoing.