• By Imran Zafar
  • Mon, 02 Oct 2023 10:59 AM (IST)
  • Source:IANS

A man allegedly killed an 11-year-old girl, who was witness to his relationship with her elder sister in Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit district. The body of the girl, who was strangled on September 25, was exhumed on Sunday on the orders of the district magistrate after the victim's elder sister informed the family members about the incident. 

The accused man strangled the younger sister of his 15-year-old girlfriend after she caught them in her house on September 25, a senior police officer investigating the case said. The 20-year-old left the body of the girl on the cot to make it look as if she was asleep.

The elder sister did not inform her parents about the incident when they found their daughter dead the next morning. The body was buried the same day.

The elder sister said that the accused man had threatened her to not reveal the incident to anyone. She confessed to her parents three days later, after which they lodged a complaint against the man. He was arrested and charged with murder and criminal intimidation.

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"The victim's brother registered an FIR under IPC sections 302 (murder) and 506 (criminal intimidation) against the man on September 29. The accused was taken into custody and is being interrogated," SHO Ajit Kumar said as quoted by news agency IANS.

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SP Ganesh Prasad Saha said that the elder sister of the victim may also be made a co-accused in the case. "We recorded her statement under CrPC section 161. She will be produced before the court on Monday," he informed, adding that the deceased’s body has been sent for post mortem examination after it was exhumed.