SONIPAT: In a suspected case of honour killing, a 17-year-old girl was strangled to death allegedly by her father for having an affair with a youth in Ramnagar colony of Sonipat on Friday afternoon.
Brijesh Singh, belonging to a Rajput community and employed in a local factory, allegedly killed his daughter when she was asleep in her room. His wife Nirmla called up the police after the incident and the accused courted arrest while confessing to his crime. The family originally hails from Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh and had settled in Sonipat over a decade back.
The victim's mother revealed that they were angry with their daughter as she had been having an affair with a youth living in the same locality. "We tried to persuade her to mend her ways but she did not listen to us. We had also withdrawn her from the school recently," said Nirmla. The victim was a class XII student.
Rai police station SHO Sultan Singh admitted that the girl had been withdrawn from school as she used to return late from her classes. But the police refused to buy the theory that she was killed merely for going steady with a neighbourhood boy. "It's not a case of honour killing. The father was simply angry with her due to her recalcitrant behaviour. She used to quarrel with her mother often and also fought with her father on Thursday night. He seemed to be angry with her after this incident and strangled her in a fit of rage," Sultan claimed.
Brijesh Singh, belonging to a Rajput community and employed in a local factory, allegedly killed his daughter when she was asleep in her room. His wife Nirmla called up the police after the incident and the accused courted arrest while confessing to his crime. The family originally hails from Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh and had settled in Sonipat over a decade back.
The victim's mother revealed that they were angry with their daughter as she had been having an affair with a youth living in the same locality. "We tried to persuade her to mend her ways but she did not listen to us. We had also withdrawn her from the school recently," said Nirmla. The victim was a class XII student.
Rai police station SHO Sultan Singh admitted that the girl had been withdrawn from school as she used to return late from her classes. But the police refused to buy the theory that she was killed merely for going steady with a neighbourhood boy. "It's not a case of honour killing. The father was simply angry with her due to her recalcitrant behaviour. She used to quarrel with her mother often and also fought with her father on Thursday night. He seemed to be angry with her after this incident and strangled her in a fit of rage," Sultan claimed.
