Not just me, but the entire village is proud of her,” said Pataso Devi, an aunt of Varnika’s father Virender Kundu, at their native village Shahpur here. Family treeMr. Kundu’s father Krishan Singh moved to Chandigarh in the late 1960s and took up law after quitting his job of an auditor. “Virender last came to the village around five years ago to express condolences on a death in the extended family. Proud villageThe success of Mr. Kundu, an Additional Chief Secretary in the Haryana government, is a matter of pride for the entire village. Some resentmentMany in the village have visited Mr. Kundu at his Chandigarh residence since the incident and a few others called him over phone.

Source: The Hindu August 11, 2017 20:03 UTC