UP Girl, 17, Strangled By Father, Brother Over Affair: Police
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In the investigation conducted so far, it has been found that the girl was in a relationship and the family was opposed to it, police said.
The father and the brother of a 17-year-old girl, whose body was exhumed for postmortem, have been arrested in a case of dishonour killing, police here said on Saturday.
The postmortem report has confirmed that the girl, a resident of Gurha Kala village, was strangled, tthey said.
In the investigation conducted so far, it has been found that the girl was in a relationship with a boy of the same caste. The family, however, was opposed to the relationship, police said.
She was strangled and buried under a cattleshed on Wednesday, Deputy Superintendent of Police (Circle Officer Naraini) Nitin Kumar told PTI on Saturday.