Kanpur: A teenage girl was allegedly shot dead on Saturday in Uttar Pradesh’s Auraiya district after she denied to marry an elderly man.
The girl was putting up at her paternal aunt’s place, along with three cousins. She was killed after she refused to marry a man who was twice her age, the police said. The deceased Aarti’s body was found lying in a pool of blood at her aunt’s place in Bhatta Basti. The police rushed to the spot immediately after they were intimated by the neighbours.
The girl’s maternal uncle has filed a complaint with the police, accusing the deceased’s paternal aunt and her two sons Chote and Kariya Dohrey, besides an accomplice, of killing his niece.
“Anita, Aarti’s paternal aunt along with her two sons were forcing her to marry a man who was older to her. However, when she denied doing so they killed her,” alleged the deceased’s uncle, as quoted in a report.
A case of murder has been registered against Chote and Kariya who are absconding. The police are probing the matter and arrested two people in connection with the case. Forensic samples have been collected from the site and sent for examination.
