The Government Railway Police (GRP) on Friday arrested a person for allegedly killing his daughter over her love affair with a boy of a different caste in Balangir district.
The accused Kailash Tanla was arrested from Badmal in the district.
He confessed to his crime during interrogation, police sources said. “Yesterday, we got information about Tanla’s presence at Badmal. A GRP team arrested him from near the Badmal railway station,” said Jharsuguda Circle GRP DSRP Dilip Kumar Bag.
On the other hand, the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has sought a reply from the Balangir SP, district Collector and Municipal Executive Officer over the incident within two weeks.
It may be recalled that Tanla, a resident of Samalai village under Patnagarh block, had killed his daughter on May 24 by smothering her neck for having love affair with the boy.
The deceased girl, a minor, had left the village with the boy three months ago. When the couple returned to the village, Tanla, in a fit of rage, killed his daughter by twisting her neck at Malgodampada near the Balangir railway station. Soon after committing the crime, Tanla fled the spot and went absconding. The girl was reportedly pregnant when she died.
A complaint regarding the incident was lodged by the grandmother of the girl at the Railway police station.