Lucknow, Aug. 1 -- A Dial-112 call by a young woman's boyfriend foiled an alleged attempt by her family to hurriedly cremate her body. This led to the exposure of what police suspect is a hate crime in Shamli district, officials said on Saturday.

Addressing a press conference, Shamli SP NP Singh said police received information and a police team intercepted the body while it was being taken to the family's ancestral village, Naunangali, and sent it for a post-mortem examination.

The post-mortem examination confirmed that the woman, identified as Garima, died due to ante-mortem strangulation, prompting police to register a murder case and launch a detailed investigation.

According to the investigation, Garima had been in a relationship ...