A Tannu Rajput, 25, who was reported missing from Faridabad two months ago, was buried in a soak-pit dug outside her marital home.

In a chilling case from Faridabad in Haryana, a woman was allegedly murdered and secretly buried by her in-laws right outside their home – all while pretending she had gone missing.

For nearly two months, the family managed to hide both the crime and the body, until the victim’s father raised suspicion about a freshly filled pit outside the house. Now, four members of the family — including the husband — are in custody, and the woman’s body has been exhumed and a post-mortem conducted.

Earlier, Hindustan Times reported that the 25-year-old woman, Tannu Rajput, was buried in a soak-pit dug outside her marital home in Palla’s Roshan Nagar.  The body of Tannu Rajput, who got married to Arun Singh, 28, in 2023, was recovered from a pit around 8 to 10 feet deep after police dug up the road in front of the family’s three-storey home. 

Originally from Khera village in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad district, Tannu Rajput was reported missing on April 25, when her husband filed a complaint at Palla police station, claiming that she was intellectually challenged and had vanished the day before. Investigators later found the claim was an elaborate cover-up for murder.

Here are 8 chilling details of Tannu Rajput murder in Faridabad 

1. Suspicions began to surface when Tannu Rajput’s family, contacted by police during the missing person investigation, refused to believe her husband’s claim that she had eloped. They knew something was fishy. Tannu Rajput, they insisted, would never vanish without a word. Their fear: she hadn’t run away — she had been silenced.
2. For weeks, there were no answers. Then, on Friday morning, police brought in Arun Singh’s father, Bhoop Singh, 50, for questioning. After hours of interrogation, he allegedly confessed that Tannu had been killed – and that her body lay just outside the house, buried in the dead of night so no one would notice.
3. A JCB machine was called in. As it clawed into the earth, Tannu’s family watched helplessly. Eight feet down, her remains were found. The silence of nearly two months ended with the painful recognition of her clothes – the final, heartbreaking confirmation for a family that had refused to give up hope.
4. An autopsy was conducted at Badshah Khan Civil Hospital by a medical board on Friday, and the report was expected to arrive by next week.
5. The initial investigation has revealed a chilling level of planning in how Tannu’s body was hidden. Her in-laws allegedly devised a cover story, telling neighbours they were digging a soak pit outside their gate to prevent waterlogging. In reality, they were preparing her grave.
6. Late that night, after the street quieted down, they buried her body deep in the pit and covered it swiftly using an earthmover –  avoiding labourers to keep the secret tightly held within the family.
7. Reports, citing neighbours, claimed that there was a wedding in the lane on April 22. The next day, they began digging right outside their house using a machine. They even placed plastic sheets over the pit, saying it was to prevent accidents. 
8. Inspector Satya Parkash, SHO of Palla police station, said, “The pit was originally dug in April for a sewer connection, as the area lacks formal water or drainage infrastructure. The family filled it with sand, and after committing the murder, buried her body there under cover of darkness. None of the neighbours had any idea about what had happened.”