14-yr-old kills sister for speaking with Dalit youth; parents, brother also held

According to the police, the 15-year-old girl, who belongs to the OBC, was in a relationship with a Dalit youth for some time, and the family opposed it. They had also sent her to a relative’s place in Delhi so that she would stop meeting the Dalit youth.

The local station in-charge said that on Saturday morning, the 14-year-old boy reached the police station and claimed to have killed his elder sister after he caught her speaking to a Dalit youth over the phone. “A police team reached the village and found the girl’s body lying in the house.

“On Friday night, the boy told the family members that he had seen his sister speaking with the Dalit youth over the phone… The family members questioned the girl, she denied having any cellphone with her. The girl’s mother then started to search her clothes and found a cellphone from her… The family members then tied her hands and started beating her up. She was allegedly hit by an axe and a hammer by her brothers… The next morning, the youngest son reached the police station and surrendered,”said the officer.