BAREILLY: A 21-year-old
man
was stabbed to
death in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district during
Holi, allegedly by the family of the girl with whom he was having an "affair”. His body, with multiple injury marks, was found inside a bag at an agri field near Govindpur Road, on Tuesday night.
The deceased man, who worked as a tailor in Delhi, was a resident of Bilari, Moradabad. He went to his relative’s place in Bhavanipur village under Kotwali police limits to celebrate Holi, and later met his friend, who stays in the neighbourhood. Seeing them together, the girl’s family beat him up and then stabbed him to death.
The man's kin later lodged a "missing" complaint with the police. The girl's father has been arrested, police said.
Sambhal ASP Alok Kumar Jaiswal said, “A body was found abandoned in an agri field. The deceased was a resident of Bilari, Moradabad, who was on a visit to his relatives' place in Kotwali, Sambhal. During the
investigation
, it was found that the man had gone to meet his friend with whom he was in a relationship. The girl's family spotted him inside the house and attacked him on Monday night.”
The ASP added, “They first thrashed him. He was then stabbed and strangled to death. There were multiple injury marks on the body. His hands were tied. Two suspects, including the girl’s father, have been arrested and the body sent for a postmortem.”
Circle officer Arun Kumar said that an FIR has been registered under sections 302 (punishment for murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender) of the IPC.
"Further investigation is underway," Kumar added.