In a case of suspected honour killing, a man allegedly murdered his minor daughter Wednesday at Shekhzaad locality in Muzaffarnagar’s Charthawal police station area, reportedly because she was in a relationship with a youth from the same locality. The accused, Mohammad Jabbar, allegedly slit the throat of his 15-year-old daughter Gulbasan and dumped her body outside the house of Dilnawaz, a neighbour she was reportedly in a relationship with. Around 3 am on Wednesday, when Jabbar was not at home, his wife Shabeena heard voices from inside Gulbasan’s room, said the SHO. “Shabeena bolted the room from outside and called up her husband. He then allegedly slit his daughter’s throat and dumped the body outside the boy’s house around 8 am.

Source: Indian Express March 22, 2017 23:00 UTC