Missing woman found dead, sibling claims honour killing

  • | Monday | 23rd July, 2018

"At the time of the incident, the woman's father Vijay Mishra and elder brother Ajay had gone to Gursahaiganj area of the district to take part in 'terahvi' ritual. We are waiting for the report for further investigation. The body has been sent for postmortem. The police have also recovered a blood-stained axe from victim's house.Talking to TOI, station officer (SO) Tirwa Amod Kumar Singh said, "As per local sources, there was a love affair between the woman and a youth of her village. "However, we are interrogating Sanjay, he added.

KANPUR: The nude body of a 28-year-old woman, who was missing from her house since Saturday, was reportedly found stuffed in a sack on Sunday evening at Durga Nagar under Tirwa Kotwali police station in Kannauj district Claiming it to be a case of honour killing , elder brother of the deceased Ajay Mishra filed a complaint against his brother Sanjay Mishra accusing him of killing their sister Abha.Additional superintendent of police (ASP) Keshav Chandra Goswami said, "We have received a complaint from the woman's elder brother against their younger brother. Police are probing the matter. The body has been sent for postmortem. We are waiting for the report for further investigation."However, we are interrogating Sanjay, he added. The police have also recovered a blood-stained axe from victim's house.Talking to TOI, station officer (SO) Tirwa Amod Kumar Singh said, "As per local sources, there was a love affair between the woman and a youth of her village."At the time of the incident, the woman's father Vijay Mishra and elder brother Ajay had gone to Gursahaiganj area of the district to take part in 'terahvi' ritual. However, the family members claimed that they had not filed the missing report as they were trying to look for her at their own end and didn't want to involve the police.The body was sent for the postmortem examination at the district hospital and the report is awaited.

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