Parents beat teenaged daughter to death for love affair

In a case of suspected honour killing, a couple in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur district allegedly killed their teenaged daughter over a love affair with a youth, police said Tuesday. While the girl's parents are absconding, two men have been arrested in this regard.

Sanju, 16, a resident of the Arshadpur village, some 300 km from Lucknow, was allegedly beaten to death by her parents Monday evening.

The case came to light Tuesday following the arrest of two men, whom the couple had tasked with disposing of their daughter's body.

Sanju's father Lalmani Prasad and his wife are on the run.

"The two arrested men are Lalmani's servants. The duo told us Sanju was beaten to death by her parents for insisting she wanted to marry the youth she loved," police inspector Rahul Singh told reporters in Ghazipur.

"We are yet to gather the details about the youth, who according to the two arrested, is a resident of the Ghazipur city. The servants also told us that Lalmani had assured them he would give them Rs.10,000 for disposing of the body," he added.

Sanju's body bears multiple injuries. "It appears she was brutally assaulted and succumbed to her injuries," said Singh.

"Teams have been constituted and raids are being carried out to nab Sanju's parents," he added.