A 17-year-old girl was allegedly murdered by her father and stepmother at Bhauriabanki village under the Tihidi police limits in Bhadrak district on Wednesday night.
According to reports, Babaji Barik and his second wife Basanti Barik used to torture Parbati Barik, his daughter from his first wife.
On Wednesday night, the husband-wife duo allegedly strangled the girl. Hearing her groan, the girl’s uncle Prabhakar Barik rescued her and took her to hospital with the help of villagers.
However, she was declared dead at the medical. On the basis of a complaint filed by Prabhakar, police detained the two accused for questioning.