Bihar: Jamui man held for killing minor daughter, nephew

PATNA: Police arrested one Toofani Yadav (35) from his house at Pairgaha village under the Jhajha police station area in Jamui district on Sunday on charges of killing his minor daughter and nephew for honour around two-and-a-half months back.
SHO of Jhajha police station Srikant Kumar said Toofani’s daughter, Gudiya Kumari (16), and the boy, Kundan Kumar (18), were cousins and lived in the same village.
He said the duo had gone missing on March 11. Their bodies were found floating in Nakti dam under Jhajha police station on March 14. “Families of both sides were convinced that the duo had committed suicide. However, police recently received post-mortem reports of both bodies and it became clear that they were murdered,” the SHO added.
“Further investigations revealed names of Toofani and five of his relatives , who hatched a conspiracy to kill the duo,” he said.
Jamui SP Pramod Kumar Mandal said police had suspected foul play after the recovery of the bodies, but waiting for concrete evidence.
“It later became clear the girl and the boy were strangled to death and their bodies were later thrown into the dam,” the SP said, adding raids were on to arrest other family members of the girl involved in the killing.