Ahmednagar: A 17-year-old girl in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra was allegedly killed by her father who was against her friendship with a boy studying with her in a college here, police said Sunday. Jamkhed police station inspector Pandurang Pawar said they suspected it to be a case of ‘honour killing’.
The girl used to frequently chat with the boy on phone and go to college with him on his two-wheeler, he said. This angered the her father Pandurang Shreerang Saygunde, 51, who asked her several times to discontinue her friendship with the boy but the girl failed to heed his advice, stated the police official.
Saygunde, in a fit of anger March 23, allegedly strangled his daughter to death at their home in Chondi village, located around 60 km from here, Pawar informed. He also allegedly tried to burn the body with the help of the girl’s two maternal uncles and later lodged a missing complaint about his daughter at Jamkhed police station, March 24, he said.
The half-burnt body was found by the deceased’s sister March 25 near a water body close to their house. The police later sent the body for post-mortem.
The police then questioned around 35 people and based on information and clues gathered in connection with the incident, Saygunde and the girl’s two uncles – Rajendra Jagannath Shinde (30) and Dnyandev Jagannath Shinde (35) – were arrested on Saturday evening, Pawar informed.
The accused were booked under IPC Sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence), Pawar stated while, adding that a probe was underway into the case.
PTI