AGRA: A 19-year-old pregnant girl, who was due to appear in court in a kidnapping and rape case, was allegedly strangled to death by her father at Goela village in UP‘s Muzaffarnagar district after she resuded to testify against her 20-year-old’lover’ with whom she had allegedly eloped.
Her body was retrieved from a river on Sunday, police said, adding that her parents were arrested on the village head’s complaint.
SP (Muzaffarnagar), Kuldeep Singh, said, “The girl’s parents have been sent to jail. A rope, scarf and the rickshaw used for the crime were recovered following information provided by her father who confessed to the crime.”
A senior cop privy to the case details said that during interrogation, the accused told them that his daughter was in a relationship with Meerut resident Rahul (first name available only), and she (a minor then) had eloped with him about eight months ago. She was later traced by police and case filed.Things took a turn for the worse on August 25 when the parents found out that their daughter was eight months pregnant. They decided to “kill her to save their family’s pride”, the police official said.
SHO of Shahpur, Vinay Sharma, added, “On Saturday, Goela village head Dharampal Singh had filed a complaint at Shahpur police station blaming the girl’s parents for her death.”
“The accused were subsequently booked for murder,” the SHO further said.
Her body was retrieved from a river on Sunday, police said, adding that her parents were arrested on the village head’s complaint.
SP (Muzaffarnagar), Kuldeep Singh, said, “The girl’s parents have been sent to jail. A rope, scarf and the rickshaw used for the crime were recovered following information provided by her father who confessed to the crime.”
A senior cop privy to the case details said that during interrogation, the accused told them that his daughter was in a relationship with Meerut resident Rahul (first name available only), and she (a minor then) had eloped with him about eight months ago. She was later traced by police and case filed.Things took a turn for the worse on August 25 when the parents found out that their daughter was eight months pregnant. They decided to “kill her to save their family’s pride”, the police official said.
SHO of Shahpur, Vinay Sharma, added, “On Saturday, Goela village head Dharampal Singh had filed a complaint at Shahpur police station blaming the girl’s parents for her death.”
“The accused were subsequently booked for murder,” the SHO further said.