Couple murders 16-year-old daughter in West Bengal, arrested
The Girl Was Having An Affair With A Youth, Achintya Mondal, A Resident Of Adjoining Village, The Police Officer Said, Adding, The Girl's Parents Were Against The Relationship.
A couple were arrested on Saturday for allegedly killing their 16-year-old daughter and dumping her body in the Ganga river as they were against her relationship with a youth, police said.
The incident, a suspected case of honour killing, occurred on Friday in Mahendratola village under the jurisdiction of Bhutni police station, they said.
Acting on a tip-off, the police went to their residence and arrested Dhiren Mondal and his wife Sumati Mondal, a police officer said.
The girl was having an affair with a youth, Achintya Mondal, a resident of adjoining village, the police officer said, adding, the girl's parents were against the relationship.
The couple, after killing the class 9 student, put her body in a gunny bag and threw it in the Ganga, he said.
A suo motu case was lodged under various sections of the IPC, Superintendent of Police (Malda district) Alok Rajoria said.
Efforts were on to recover the body from the river, the SP said, adding that divers were engaged to find the body.
For all the Latest Crime News, Download News Nation Android and iOS Mobile Apps.
More from Crime
Mother poisons 2 kids, commits suicide in UP
Cyber criminals leak personal data of 2.9 cr Indians on dark web for free
DRI sounds alert over smuggling of infrared thermometers into India from China
Tihar prisoner accuses staff of 'using him' to pass around mobile phones to other inmates
Minor Dalit rape victim kills herself after father threatened