Meerut horror: Mother kills 17-year-old daughter over affair; cuts off head using bolt cutter; 5 held
MEERUT: A day after the headless body of a 17-year-old girl was found in a canal in Partapur region of Meerut, her mother and four other family members, including a juvenile, were arrested on Friday for allegedly killing her and severing the head using a bolt cutter, said police.
Those arrested include Rakesh Devi, 40, Monu, 26, Kamal Singh, 56, Samar Singh, 54, and a 14-year-old minor. Another accused, identified as Gaurav, of Hapur, is absconding.
Meerut SSP Vipin Tada said, "Victim Aastha was first strangled and then beheaded using a bolt cutter by her 40-year-old mother Rakesh Devi, with the help of her cousins and others. The incident took place on May 28 in Daurala after Aastha was caught talking to her boyfriend."
"To prevent identification of the body, the accused dumped the torso wrapped in a cloth in the Bahadurpur canal and threw the severed head in the Ganga canal," said the SSP, adding the head is yet to be recovered.
The crime came to light on Thursday when a local farmer spotted the body in the canal. The clothes helped police identify the victim and led the cops to her lover. "A police team retrieved the body. An FIR under sections 103(1) (murder) and 238 (destruction of evidence) of BNS was filed at Partapur police station.
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A forensic team also collected samples and evidence from the spot," said SSP Tada.
The family initially tried to mislead the police by claiming that Aastha had left home for school on Wednesday morning but did not return till evening. After failing to locate her, they filed a missing complaint.
Tada added, "Aastha came into contact with a man on social media around eight months ago and developed a relationship, which enraged her family. Her father is a CRPF personnel posted in Chhattisgarh and was clueless about the crime."
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