03-06-2025
Woman killed by hubby, bro-in-law; kin link it to missing daughters
Pilibhit: A 38-year-old woman was murdered by her husband and his younger brother on Tuesday afternoon in Pilibhit district.
The incident took place around 2 PM in Jallupur village under Ghungchai police station limits, in the presence of the victim's brother, Rajnish Kumar.
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The woman, Nanhi Devi, was walking with her mother, Anita Devi, to her parental home when her husband, Akhilesh Kumar, offered to drop them at the Banda-Ghungchai road to find transport.
He first took his mother-in-law on his bike and returned, pretending to pick up his wife. Instead, he and his brother, Arvind Kumar, attacked Nanhi with a sugarcane harvesting knife.
Rajnish, who was driving to Hariyapur, saw his mother waiting by the roadside.
When Nanhi didn't arrive, he headed toward Jallupur and witnessed the attack. He tried to intervene but was too late.
The accused fled after the assault. Police reached the spot and took Nanhi to the nearest govt hospital, where she was declared dead on arrival. Her body was sent for postmortem. Rajnish later filed a complaint, citing family tensions as the motive.
He said Nanhi had been married to Akhilesh for about 20 years, and their relationship had deteriorated after their two daughters, aged 13 and 15, went missing a month ago and remain untraced. Akhilesh blamed Nanhi for their disappearance and killed her over the suspicion, Rajnish alleged.
Ghungchai SHO Prakash Singh said both accused have been charged under relevant sections of the BNS, including Section 101 (murder), and are currently absconding. Efforts are on to arrest them.
