Uttar Pradesh: Jilted lover kills 17-yr-old girl, commits suicide in Hardoi

LUCKNOW: A man murdered a 17-year-old girl he claimed to be in love with and then committed suicide in Mallawan area of Hardoi on Monday. Their bodies were found on Tuesday.
Police first found the body of the accused, Vipin Yadav (30), hanging from a tree and later recovered the girl’s body from a nearby well.
It was only after police recovered cellphones of the two and went through messages that it was established that the youth was in love with the girl but was agitated after he spotted her with another youth from her village.
Hardoi SP Anurag Vats said that both the man and the girl had gone missing from their homes on Monday noon.
“They were spotted last on a bike together by villagers and then both went missing,” said Vats.
Around 10pm on Monday, both families lodged complaints at Mallawan police station about their disappearance.
A massive manhunt followed on Tuesday morning and in the meantime, some villagers spotted Vipin’s body hanging from a tree.
“Mobile phone handsets of both victims were recovered which showed the messages exchanged and also confirmed that they were together hours before their death,” said a senior police officer privy to the probe.
The messages also showed that Vipin was angry with the girl after having spotted her with another man, said police.
Investigation showed that the girl was strangulated to death and then dumped near a well.
Some villagers had also spotted Vipin and the girl near the well and his bike’s tyre marks confirmed the same. Based on this, the girl’s father has lodged a complaint of murder against Vipin.
Vats said that further action would be taken on the basis of postmortem examination report.