This story is from September 12, 2020

Brother in jail for ‘honour killing’ of sister in Bihar's Nalanda

A 20-year-old man was remanded in judicial custody on Friday for the “honour killing” of his younger sister for having a relationship with a man from a neighbouring village. Ramesh Kumar was arrested on Thursday from a Masaurhi village in eastern Patna.
Brother in jail for ‘honour killing’ of sister in Bihar's Nalanda
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PATNA: A 20-year-old man was remanded in judicial custody on Friday for the “honour killing” of his younger sister for having a relationship with a man from a neighbouring village. Ramesh Kumar was arrested on Thursday from a Masaurhi village in eastern Patna.
The slain girl’s brother-in-law Mukesh Chaudhary (30) and her maternal cousin Vikash Kumar (20), also accused in the crime, are evading arrest.

“The trio killed Anjali Kumari (18) by forcibly dunking her head in a roadside ditch at Bada around 10 pm on Wednesday and dumped the body in it,” said Kadirganj police station SHO Shoaib Akhtar, adding the arrested accused Ramesh is from Islampur’s Dhamauli village in Nalanda.
Akhtar said Ramesh was caught by villagers while fleeing the spot and they handed him to a police patrol suspecting he was a thief.
“Killing of Anjali surfaced when Ramesh confessed about it during interrogation on Thursday morning,” the SHO said, adding it is a clear case of honour killing.
“She had an affair with a youth who lived in a neighbouring village Dhamauli. She had also eloped at least four times in the last two years as per her brother which had brought a bad name for the family due to which they finally killed her,” he said.
Akhtar said Anjali’s body was recovered from the roadside water body on Thursday morning based on her brother’s confessional statement.

“A bike hidden in the bushes was also seized from the spot. The trio had brought Anjali using two bikes. Mahesh and Vikash fled using one of the bikes,” the SHO said.
SHO said Anjali was living at one of her aunt’s residence in Jehanabad. “The trio took her along in the name of visiting Mahesh’s residence. But took her to a secluded place and killed her,” SHO said.
“Her parents’ involvement has not yet surfaced,” he said, adding, an FIR against the trio for Anjali’s murder has been lodged.
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