‘Man kills niece for marrying person from different caste’

Sitapur Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) NP Singh said that the 20-year-old woman was in a relationship with a man of the same village and married.

When the woman’s uncle came to know about their relationship, he sent her to Ghaziabad where her father worked, the officer said.

However, after a few months, the man visited Ghaziabad, and the woman eloped with him, said the officer, adding that they got married at a court in November last year.

He said the couple returned to the village a few days ago.

On Saturday, her uncle reached the house where the couple was living, dragged the woman out and slit her throat with a sickle, said the officer.

The accused surrendered at a police station along with the murder weapon, said the ASP.

The accused claimed that he killed her as she had eloped and married a man who was already married and from a different caste, the ASP said.
Police have booked the accused.