In a shocking incident, a 22-year-old man on Saturday slit the throat of a woman he promised to marry and also killed the baby girl born out of wedlock here in Chhattisgarh, police said.
Raipur Senior Superintendent of Police Ajay Kumar Yadav told The Pioneer that Vicky Yadav murdered Reema Yadav (19) in a fit of rage after she threatened to tell the police that he was not marrying her.
Vicky Yadav, who hails from Jora village n Raipur district, then strangled their one-year-old daughter and threw her on the railway tracks where she was run over by a train, the police said.
Reema Yadav was a resident of Patan village in Durg district. The two had met at a marriage function a few years ago.
In 2018-19, Reema filed a rape case against the accused, who got bail from a court after he promised to marry her. One year ago, Reema gave birth to the girl.
The gory incident took place on Saturday night when Reema came to meet Vicky in Jora locality on the outskirts of the capital. Their confrontation led to the double murder.
The police have filed a murder charge against Vicky.