Police sources believe Gauri Srivastava may have been murdered in a slaughter house

The autopsy report of Gauri Srivastava, the law student whose chopped body parts were found in Lucknow’s Sahid Path area, has revealed that she was butchered alive by her killers.

Police sources said that she could have been murdered in a slaughter house.

“The report did not confirm rape, but it mentioned that she was butchered alive. The Lucknow police is still hunting for her killers,” Inspector Sanjay Sharma of the PGI Police Station told Mail Today.

Gauri’s limbs, head, torso and abdomen were dumped separately. The crime came to light when local residents found stray dogs smelling a gunny bag, in which the body parts were wrapped.

The police said the location of Gauri’s phone had been traced to Aminabad.

“There are five slaughter houses in the Sadar (Aminanbad) area. The way in which her body was chopped into pieces hints at the use of an electric saw that are used in slaughter houses,” a police officer told Mail Today on the condition of anonymity.

Gauri’s father Shishir Srivastava, meanwhile, alleged that the police did not give any heed to his complaint.

“She had been missing since Tuesday night. I went to the PGI police station to lodge a complaint, but the police chased me away saying she might have run away with somebody.”

The police also examined the footage captured by a CCTV camera installed at the Naka Crossing.

“She (Gauri) was seen talking to a boy, who was on a bike, and later leaving with him. We are trying to find out the youth’s identity. We are seeking the help of IT experts to crack the case,” Sharma said.

The police also interrogated some of her Facebook friends on Wednesday.