Girl found dead in Cuttack, honour killing suspected

  • | Wednesday | 23rd May, 2018

CUTTACK: In a suspected honour killing, a minor girl in Cuttack's Niali area was allegedly murdered by her family over an alleged love affair. Cuttack Rural Police detained five members of her family on Tuesday.The deceased has been identified as Nitina Ojha, 17. Her mother is mentally deranged.The family members detained are her uncle Arjuna Ojha, aunt Kuni Ojha and their sons Arun Ojha and Abhimanyu Ojha and Abhimanyu's wife Banita Ojha. Nitina was staying with her uncle (elder brother of her father) since the death of her father 10 years ago. "A murder case was registered at Niali police station on Tuesday," said SP (Rural) Madhabanada Mishra.

CUTTACK: In a suspected honour killing, a minor girl in Cuttack's Niali area was allegedly murdered by her family over an alleged love affair. Cuttack Rural Police detained five members of her family on Tuesday.The deceased has been identified as Nitina Ojha, 17. The incident came to light when locals complained to police about the girl's mysterious death. Nitina was staying with her uncle (elder brother of her father) since the death of her father 10 years ago. Her mother is mentally deranged.The family members detained are her uncle Arjuna Ojha, aunt Kuni Ojha and their sons Arun Ojha and Abhimanyu Ojha and Abhimanyu's wife Banita Ojha. "A murder case was registered at Niali police station on Tuesday," said SP (Rural) Madhabanada Mishra. A forensic team has visited the cremation site and collected the samples. tnn

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