Honour killing: Teen strangled, mutilated by father & brother in Uttar Pradesh

Honour killing was witnessed in Shahjahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, where a 16-year-old pregnant Dalit girl was brutally attacked and killed by her father and elder brother and then her body was mutilated for 'bringing shame' to the family. The father has confessed and arrested but the brother is on the run, police said. The body was recovered on Tuesday and police cracked the case within hours. The girl had been missing since September 23 but no complaint was lodged by the family. According to reports, the girl was beaten and strangled to death. Her head was severed from the body which was then buried near the river bed. "The father has confessed to having killed his daughter because she was pregnant. People had started insulting him publicly. The girl's elder brother is also involved in the murder and we have booked both of them under IPC sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence)," Shahjahanpur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) S. Anand told reporters. "We have also questioned the mother and other relatives but their involvement has not been established," he added. (IANS)

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