A minor girl was reportedly hacked to death by her brother in the name of saving ‘family honour’ in Raebareli while another girl was critically injured when she made a self-immolation bid after being teased by a local youth in Bareilly.
In Raebareli, one 15-year-old Gomati, hailing from Takiya Maidanpur hamlet of City Kotwali area in Raebareli, was having a love affair. Her parents and family members were against her affair and had warned her and the boy to end the relationship or be ready to face the consequences. However, when the girl refused to listen to her family members, her brother Pintu, who saw them together on Tuesday evening, reportedly hacked the girl with a sharp-edged weapon. A case has been registered in this regard and efforts were on to nab the culprit.
In Bareilly, a 15-year-old girl identified as Pooja, a resident of Ansari locality of Fatehganj, was admitted to Medical College with more than 60 per cent burn injuries on Tuesday. Her father Sanjeev Singh, claimed that the victim made the self-immolation bid to end her life as she was fed of the regular eve-teasing and sexual advances of one Raja, a resident of the same locality. He said that undergoing trauma, his daughter finally tried to set herself ablaze to commit suicide.