A 22-year-old girl was hacked to death by her brother in the name of saving family honour in Meerut on Friday.
After killing the girl, her brother walked down to the local police station and surrendered after confessing the crime.
A case was registered and the accused was sent to jail.
As per reports, Gulphasa aka Gullo of Zakir Colony in lisadigate area of Meerut was in love with a neighbour, identified as Abid.
Her parents and her brother Ashu aka Assu were against the liaison but the girl chose to elope twice with Abid and returned after some days.
Two months back, Assu had warned Gullo to severe her relations with Abid or be ready to be killed. Soon after the warning, Gullo had again eloped with Abid. The couple got married and they started living at a separate place.
An incensed Assu planned to eliminate Gullo to save family honour. But when he shared his plan with his parents, they snubbed him, asking him to put everything behind. But as the parents gauged that Assu could kill his sister, they asked him to leave the house.
late on Friday night, Assu went to the house of Gullo’s in-laws. He told them that a kin had died and asked Gullo to accompany him. The unsuspecting woman accompanied her brother to reach her parent’s home.
While passing through the field of Hari, Assu took out a knife and hacked his sister to death. later, he returned home and informed the parents about it.
Shocked by the news, the parents rushed to the spot while Assu strolled to lisadigate police station and handed over the knife with which he had killed his sister and confessed his crime.
Meanwhile, in Jaunpur, five persons, including three women, were killed and seven others were injured in a road mishap in Machhlishahar police station area early Saturday morning.
A total of 11 pilgrims from Varanasi were going to offer prayers at a temple in Kaushambi in two SUVs when their vehicles collided with a truck near Nikamuddin village early Saturday morning.
The deceased were identified as Jai Prakash (35), his wife Sarita (33), Manoj (28), Sushila (40) and Sharmila (22).
The injured were admitted to a hospital while three critically injured persons were rushed to Varanasi for treatment.
In another mishap in Muzaffarnagar, a bike-borne kanwaria was killed after being run over by a vehicle near Mansurpur on Delhi-Haridwar highway on Friday evening.
Nitish Sharma (26) was on his way to Haridwar when he met with the mishap. He was taken to a hospital where doctors pronounced him dead.
A case was registered and the body was sent for autopsy.