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In one more shocker from UP, a 16-year-old pregnant Dalit girl was allegedly killed by her father and brother because she ‘shamed’ the family. It happened in Shahjahanpur.
As news of her pregnancy spread across the village, the family felt ‘ashamed’. She was first badly beaten and then strangled.
TOI reported that her head was then cut off and she was buried in a riverbed.
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Father admitted to killing daughter
“The victim’s father has admitted to killing his daughter as she was pregnant. The local villagers had started insulting him publicly. The girl’s elder brother was also involved in the killing and we have booked both of them under Section 302 (murder), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). We have also questioned the girl’s mother and other relatives but did not find their involvement in the crime,” the report quoted S Anand, SSP, Shahjahanpur.
She was allegedly raped and did not tell anyone about it. Police said she never revealed who did it till her last day.
“We are trying to find out the man responsible for the girl’s pregnancy as sexual relations with a minor girl is a crime,” he added.
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Cops say that the search is on. Her body was exhumed. She was missing since September 23 but no complaint was filed by the family.
When police interrogated them, they said she was staying at a relative’s place.
Later, her father admitted to committing the murder. Her brother is on the run.
