2 days ago
Punjab: Man kills daughter, her male friend after they eloped, surrenders
A man allegedly killed his 22-year-old daughter and her 24-year-old male friend, who had 'eloped', with a sharp-edged weapon in Amritsar rural area and surrendered at the Ram Tirath police outpost, police said.
Outpost in-charge Rachhpal Singh said: 'Police reached the scene and took the bodies in custody. The accused has surrendered. If others are involved in the crime, they will face action.'
The accused was taken into custody and booked for murder, police said. The girl belonged to a Dalit community, and the boy was from an upper caste, residents of neighbouring villages.
Lopoke police station SHO Inderjit Singh said: 'The male victim was employed near the woman victim's village and the two got acquainted.'
They reportedly eloped on June 1. According to police, 'when they did not return, both families started searching for their children. On Monday, the victims were spotted on the Amritsar district court premises. They had reportedly come to apply for their wedding. A relative of the woman, however, spotted them and informed her family… Soon, her family members reached the court and assured the victims that they would arrange their wedding. Trusting them, the victims agreed to return home.'
According to preliminary probe, police said, once the victims stepped into the woman's house 'they were overpowered and locked in a room. They were beaten mercilessly; when blood-soaked, they were given electric shocks. As both survived the electric shocks, the woman's father slit the throats of his daughter and her male friend with a sharp-edged weapon,' police said.
The accused then roamed around in the village 'with his hands soaked in blood before walking to the Ram Tirath police outpost to surrender', police sources said, adding the bodies have been sent for post-mortem exam, and further probe is on.
