12-13-2010, 09:07 AM
A Muslim man has been arrested for killing his teenaged daughter who
was in love with a Hindu youth from the same village, police said on
Thursday. Mushtakeem, a resident of Mawaithakuran village, strangled his
18-year-old daughter Rehana Parveen after she insisted on marrying her lover
Bhoora Prajapati, 21, police said.
Mushtakeem was arrested late on Wednesday after Parveen's body was recovered
from their home. The village is in Moradabad district, some 300 km from
Lucknow.
According to police, Prajapati and Parveen used to meet regularly in the
fields on the outskirts of the village. But as Parveen had not been coming
for the last few days, Prajapati approached police suspecting the girl could
be in trouble.
Police raided Mushtakeem's house and recovered his daughter's body from a
locked room.
"Preliminary investigations indicate it's a case of honour killing. The
father has confessed to the crime," police inspector Ravi Kumar told
reporters on Thursday.
"The father told us he committed the crime as he thought his daughter's
marriage with the youth of a different community would bring a bad name to
the family," he added.
According to police, besides the father, the girl's family members could
also be involved in the crime.
"Investigations are on in this regard," said Kumar.
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was in love with a Hindu youth from the same village, police said on
Thursday. Mushtakeem, a resident of Mawaithakuran village, strangled his
18-year-old daughter Rehana Parveen after she insisted on marrying her lover
Bhoora Prajapati, 21, police said.
Mushtakeem was arrested late on Wednesday after Parveen's body was recovered
from their home. The village is in Moradabad district, some 300 km from
Lucknow.
According to police, Prajapati and Parveen used to meet regularly in the
fields on the outskirts of the village. But as Parveen had not been coming
for the last few days, Prajapati approached police suspecting the girl could
be in trouble.
Police raided Mushtakeem's house and recovered his daughter's body from a
locked room.
"Preliminary investigations indicate it's a case of honour killing. The
father has confessed to the crime," police inspector Ravi Kumar told
reporters on Thursday.
"The father told us he committed the crime as he thought his daughter's
marriage with the youth of a different community would bring a bad name to
the family," he added.
According to police, besides the father, the girl's family members could
also be involved in the crime.
"Investigations are on in this regard," said Kumar.
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