In a suspected case of honour killing, a person dragged his niece out of her home and slit her throat on Saturday for eloping and marrying a person of a unique caste, police right here mentioned. The man surrendered at a police station within the afternoon with the homicide weapon, a sickle, they mentioned. The incident occurred at Bajnagar village beneath the Pisawan Police Circle. Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Sitapur, NP Singh mentioned the 20-year-old girl had an affair with Roop Chandra Maurya, who was from the village and married.
When Shyamu Singh, the girl’s uncle, got here to learn about their relationship, he despatched her to Ghaziabad the place her father Putan Singh Tomar labored, the officer mentioned. However, after few months, Maurya reached Ghaziabad and he and the girl eloped. They bought married at a court docket in November final yr, NP Singh mentioned. He mentioned Maurya and the girl returned to the village few days in the past. Shyamu Singh on Saturday reached the home the place the couple was residing and dragged the girl out. He slit her throat with a sickle, the officer mentioned.
Shyamu Singh surrendered himself on the Pisavan police station together with the homicide weapon, NP Singh mentioned. He claimed that he killed her as she had eloped and married a person who was already married and from a unique caste, the ASP mentioned. Police have lodged a case and arrested Shayamu Singh.
