Kanpur: In another incident of honour killing, a man strangulated his 16-year-old daughter to death with a mobile phone's data cable on Monday after knowing about her love affair in Rawatpur in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur. The girl was taken to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared her dead. Police have arrested the accused father and interrogating him.
ADCP West Lakhan Singh said the accused father, Shyam Bahadur is a resident of Radhapuram. He got very angry after hearing that his daughter, Archana was having an affair with a youth. He scolded her and started beating her up. The girl's mother was offended at her husband for acting in such a manner with the girl. This led to a quarrel between the couple and the man asked her to leave the house and go to her parent's home. A few days back, the woman left the house and went to live with her parents. After which, the man kept a close watch on his daughter.
