New Delhi: A man in Kanpur allegedly killed and burnt the body of her 15-year-old daughter with the help of his relatives after the girl refused to marry a man much older to her. The girl's mother had gone to her parent's home at the time of the crime.
She has filed a murder complaint with the police against her husband and five other people for killing her daughter. All the accused are absconding. The incident took place in Kanpur's Birma village.
The accused Shyamji Shukla's wife Sadhna Shukla had on June 2 gone to her parent's home in Dadwapur for his brother's marriage. Her daughter 15-year-old daughter Pinki and 10-year-old son Rahul were at their home with their father. On Tuesday Shyamji Shukla allegedly beat up Pinki after she refused a marriage proposal.
As a result of the brutal beating Pinki died and then Shukla with the help of his relatives took the body outside the village and burnt it in a field. He then locked the home and fled....
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