PRAYAGRAJ: A 58-year-old man was arrested on Monday for allegedly killing his 19-year-old daughter and secretly burying her body in Karchana area of Prayagraj.
They said it appears to be a case of honour killing as the man identified as Lallan Ali was apparently annoyed over her relations with a Mirzapur-based youth. Ali was booked under section 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence) of IPC.
ACP (Karchana) Ajeet Singh Chauhan told TOI: “The series of incidents unfolded since February 25 when one of the daughters of Ali along with his lover and a younger sister had escaped to Mumbai.”
He added “The girl had befriended the youth through a social networking site and decided to escape to Mumbai. However, when the daughters realised that they had no money to stay in Mumbai, they called up their step brother and asked to reach Haji Ali Dargah to pick them up. The step brother then brought his sisters back to Hindpur on March 2. But the girl didn’t stop talking to her lover despite stern warning by father who even destroyed her mobile phone.”