In a shocking incident of ‘honour killing’ in Sitapur, a man brutally killed his niece for marrying a man of another caste.

After committing the crime, the accused himself reached the police station with the murder weapon and surrendered.

The incident took place in Bajnagar village late Saturday evening when the accused dragged the girl out of the house and stabbed her to death with a sharp weapon.

The village falls under the jurisdiction of Pisawan police station.

“After committing the murder, the accused surrendered himself before the police along with the murder weapon,” police said, adding that it was a case of “honour killing” and the accused had confessed to killing his niece. The 20-year-old woman had an affair with Roop Chandra Maurya from the village who is married.

“On receiving information that a 20-year-old girl, daughter of Putan Singh Toman of Baj Nagar village, was allegedly stabbed by her uncle with a sharp weapon, a police team, including the superintendent of police, immediately reached the spot and inspected the area. The body was taken into police custody and sent for post-mortem,” a police official said.

According to the police, the victim was in a relationship with Roop Chandra. In November this year, Maurya called the 20-year-old girl to Ghaziabad and from there they both eloped. They got married in court and stayed together for a few days. Recently, they returned to the village in the hope that family members from both sides would accept their relationship.

The police stated that the victim’s uncle was furious over their relationship and had been planning to kill his niece since she eloped and got married to Maurya.

Maurya’s family filed a complaint against the girl’s uncle and his family including his minor son for dragging and murdering the girl.

“According to the complaint, the uncle dragged her out of the house and allegedly murdered her after she came to live in the village,” Additional Superintendent of Police of Sitapur, Narendra Pratap Singh, said. Police are investigating the case from all possible angles and a probe is underway.

Meanwhile, in Rampur, a drug addict killed his wife, gouged out her eyes by repeatedly stabbing her in the face and neck. He, thereafter, stabbed himself to death.

The incident took place in Kanshi Ram Colony in Ganj area of Rampur city on Saturday evening.

The accused, identified as Shazeb Khan, 30, had married Shahana Alam, 28, in 2017 and the couple had two children, a two-year-old boy and a four-year-old girl. However, his relationship with his wife was strained because of his addiction and unemployment.

On Friday, Shahana left home after Shazeb severely thrashed her for not offering namaz on time. However, later in the evening, Shazeb’s uncle convinced Shahana to return home, asking her to give Shazeb another chance. On Saturday evening, the neighbours heard Shahana's cries for help. They immediately contacted the police. The cops arrived at the scene and forced open the door to find Shahana lying dead in a pool of blood and her face brutally disfigured by a sharp object. Shazeb was found lying on the ground with the ice pick impaled in his chest. He was rushed to the hospital, but succumbed to his injuries soon after.

ASP Sansar Singh said, “Preliminary investigation indicates that Shazeb was an unemployed drug addict. His wife, Shahana, took up stitching assignments to support the family but Shazeb would often take away her earnings. He subjected Shahana to frequent beatings. Her death was caused after he stabbed her over 30 times in the face.”