A young Hindu woman, who ‘dared’ to fall in love was killed, allegedly by her own family because her lover was from ‘another’ faith. This has been reported in the media as a suspected case of ‘honour killing’. According to news reports, the victim’s own family gruesomely killed her for falling in love with a man of whom they did not approve. So, they allegedly burnt the woman alive. The 28-year-old woman’s burnt body was discovered on February 4, stated news reports. It was reported that the woman had been killed the previous night.
On Monday, February 15, a police official quoted by the media, said, “The victim’s father Kailash Yadav, brother Ajit Yadav, brother-in-law Satyaprakash Yadav and one Sitaram Yadav were arrested on Sunday. A petrol container and motorcycle used in the crime have also been recovered by the police. A hunt is on to trace the contract killer”. According to multiple news reports, the victim was killed allegedly by her family in Sant Kabir Nagar district in eastern Uttar Pradesh. The man she was in a relationship with was said to be a Muslim, stated the police.
Police say that the accused had hired “a contract killer for the murder”. According to the police, the ‘contract killer’ was identified as one, Varun Tiwari, who was paid Rs 1.5 lakh to kill the woman. Police officials reportedly said the family members have “confessed to the crime.”
According to the Superintendent of police (SP) of Sant Kabir Nagar, Kaustubh, the woman’s father, a retired armyman, reportedly said that his daughter was in a “relationship with a married Muslim man”. The woman had apparently “eloped on one occasion but returned and continued with the relationship despite the family’s objections,” her father told the police, stated media reports. The accused rendered the woman unconscious, placed jute bags on her, poured petrol and set her on fire, the SP told the media details of the horrific crime.
SP Kaustubh also said that the “half-burnt body of a young woman was found at village Jigina under Dhanghata police station limit on February 4. With the help of local police, surveillance, CCTV footage, field unit and dog squad, the body was identified as that of Ranjana Yadav of Belghat area in Gorakhpur.” The victim’s father reportedly told the police that as his daughter “was not ready to leave her lover, he along with his son and son-in-law hired a contract killer from Mahuli to kill her.”
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