Family and friends unaware of woman’s pregnancy

GANGTOK, 03 Jan: Police are presently investigating into the death of the 25-yr-old woman and her new born infant at Namphey basti, Pakyong. What is surprising is that none of her acquaintances knew about her pregnancy. An examination of the deceased infant by investigation agencies has revealed that it was fully formed and ‘quite healthy looking’.
The post mortem report is yet to be submitted however one look at the deceased male child and it is clear that the child had undergone the due period in his mother’s womb i.e nine months, inform sources. In this context it is surprising that neither her family members nor her friends claim any knowledge of her pregnancy.
The deceased used to work at a poultry farm at Samsing, Pakyong, it is informed. Four years ago, she had married and moved to Chandmari, Gangtok. About a year and a half ago, her husband took a second wife and she returned to her father’s house. She had been working at the poultry farm for some time now and her colleagues there have also been questioned.
What has come out is the fact is that the deceased woman had somehow managed to hide her pregnancy from others. In fact it is claimed that she always wore an extra large coat at work never taking it off. Whenever she left the house she used to wear the large coat. This is given as the explanation by friends and colleagues as to their ignorance about her pregnancy. However even her family members claim the same; her father, as reported, claims that he had no knowledge of his daughter’s pregnancy.
The police have not been able to investigate the case much further as the family is in mourning at present but the police will be questioning them again, it is informed. Friends and co-workers at the poultry farm are being interrogated and statements have been taken in. Police are also checking mobile records of the deceased woman and other belongings to ascertain the father of the infant. Police are quite clear that there is no foul play and the woman had come prepared to give birth to her child alone. The doctor doing the post mortem has been asked to preserve the blood samples of the child and mother for investigation.