IN a case of suspected honour killing, a 46-year-old man murdered his daughter and dumped the body in agricultural fields in the Kanjhawala area of north-west Delhi, an officer said on Monday.
The accused identified as Nand Kishor, who slit his daughter's throat and stabbed her with a paper cutter blade, was arrested within 24 hours of the crime. The woman was found lying in a pool of blood with multiple stab wounds in a farmland in Chandpur village on Sunday, Father's Day, they said.
Sharing details, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Rohini) GS Sidhu said a PCR call was received at Kanjhawala police station around 9 pm on June 16 regarding the murder of a girl in an agricultural field located in village Chandpur. A local police team immediately reached the spot and found the body of an unresponsive girl, aged 20 to 21 years, having deep injuries in her neck and abdomen.
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