Sambhal honour killing: mother, brothers held for 14-year-old girl’s murder blamed on ‘boyfriend’

“We started our probe soon aft lodging the FIR connected the nighttime of September 18 and arsenic our probe progressed we recovered loopholes successful the ailment lodged astatine the country constabulary station. We were amazed however the member and the parent who were accompanying the deceased connected the motorcycle survived unscathed erstwhile the onslaught was claimed to beryllium carried out,” said Krishna Kumar Bishnoi, Superintendent of Police, Sambhal.

Bishnoi said that based connected disposable CCTV footage and mobile telephone details, the constabulary concluded that the Class 9 pupil was killed connected September 18 by her household members arsenic per a well-thought-out plan.

“The 20-year-old antheral and his uncle, aged 24, were named arsenic the accused (by the girl’s household members) deliberately truthful that the constabulary would easy judge that some mightiness person killed her successful an enactment of revenge due to the fact that some were arrested and sent to jailhouse successful February for abducting and raping the girl,” helium added.

The constabulary said they person capable grounds to reason that her 2 brothers had killed the miss and that her parent and uncle were accomplices successful the murder.

“They confessed to sidesplitting her claiming that she was inactive successful emotion with the antheral who earlier was jailed and was retired connected bail now. The parent claimed they had decided to termination her due to the fact that her emotion matter was bringing disrepute to their family. We person besides recovered the execution limb from possession of the accused,” Bishnoi said.

The constabulary said the accused changeable her doubly from point-blank range, sidesplitting her connected the spot.