Uttar Pradesh

UP: Honour killing in Bareilly, man beheads daughter, surrenders

CNN-IBN | Posted on Dec 18, 2012 at 08:24am IST

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Bareilly: In another gruesome case of honour killing in Uttar Pradesh, a man beheaded his daughter for having an affair with a boy from the same village. The incident took place in a village in Bareilly.

The accused confessed to the crime after surrendering himself at the Izzatnagar police station. Police say he was carrying the murder-weapon along with him.

Neighbours claim the girl had left her home the night before, but was brought back by the police. Her father killed her the next day itself. The police are yet to give out any details of the boy she was having an affair with.

UP: Man beheads daughter for having an affair

Police say the man was carrying the murder weapon along with him when he came to surrender.

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Honour killing

Posted on Mar 21, 2013 at 01:26AM IST
An honor killing or honour killing (see spelling differences, also called a customary killing) is the murder of a family or clan member by one or more fellow family members, where the murderers (and potentially the wider community) believe the ...

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