Girl killed by family over interfaith relationship in Amethi, buried in haste
A video showing the father and the brother of the victim, Afreen, mercilessly beating her publicly went viral on social media. The girl was taking a stroll at a local market in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi with a young man at the time of the incident. The police said it was a case of honour killing.
A class 12 student was murdered by her family members in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi over her relationship with a man from another community, police said.
The family members buried the body of the victim, Afreen, in the wee hours of August 5 in haste and told neighbours that she died of an illness, police said.
Later on, the body of the girl was exhumed on orders of the district magistrate and sent for a post-mortem. Police said it was a case of honour killing.
On August 4, a video showing Afreen's father and brother mercilessly beating her went viral on social media. The girl was taking a stroll at a local market with a young man when her father, Niyamat Ullah, and brother Haider Ali caught her and beat her up in public.
According to the police, some locals recorded the video and informed the cops about it, prompting them to launch an investigation into the matter.
The girl was reluctant to go home with her family members but agreed after police intervened. According to the villagers, the family beat Afreen up mercilessly after reaching home, resulting in her death, police told news agency PTI.
The police said it was a case of honour killing and legal action was being taken.
A case has been registered against the father and brother of the victim under section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
"A video went viral on Twitter and police have launched an investigation. It came to the fore that the minor was buried in haste," a senior police official told India Today.
