‘Honour Killing’: Man kills niece in UP, walks into police station with weapon to surrender

A shocking incident of suspected honour killing has emerged from Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur, where a man killed his niece for marrying a man of another caste. After committing the crime, the accused himself reached a police station with the murder weapon and surrendered.

The incident took place yesterday in Bajnagar village when the accused dragged the girl out of the house and stabbed her to death with a sharp weapon. The village falls under the jurisdiction of Pisawan Police Station.

"After committing the murder, the accused surrendered himself before the police along with the murder weapon", police said, adding that it is a case of "honour killing" and the accused has confessed to killing his niece. 20-year-old woman had an affair with Roop Chandra Maurya, who was from the village and married.

"On receiving information about a 20-year-old girl, daughter of Putan Singh Toman, residing in Baj Nagar village was allegedly stabbed by her uncle with a sharp weapon, a police team including the SP immediately reached the spot and inspected the area. The body was taken into police custody and sent for post-mortem", one of the police officials said.

According to the police, the victim was in a relationship with Roop Chandra, who is married to another woman.

In November this year, Maurya called the 20-year-old girl to Ghaziabad, and from there they both eloped. They got married in court and stayed together for a few days. Recently, they returned to the village in the hope that family members from both sides would accept their relationship

The police stated that the victim's uncle was furious over their relationship and had been planning to kill her since she eloped and got married to Maurya.

Maurya's family has registered a complaint against the girl's uncle and his family including his minor son for dragging and murdering the girl.

“According to the complaint, the uncle dragged her out of the house and allegedly murdered her after she came to live in the village", Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Sitapur, Narendra Pratap Singh said.

Police are investigating the case from all possible angles and a probe is underway.

Earlier in December last year, four people were arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor district for allegedly killing a man in an honour killing case.

The accused father killed his daughter's lover and attacked his daughter after he found out about their relationship.

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