Demanding an inquest into the role of the area district magistrate and stationhouse officer in the delay in registering the first information report (FIR), Khurana said there was need to reconduct a post-mortem,this time by a panel of doctors to establish the cause of death.

He said, Meenu Bharati, who got married in January, was killed by her in-laws at their residence on August 8. Khurana also said that he told the Lt Governor that there was substantial delay on the part of the district magistrate to instruct the police to register the FIR.