Mother, brothers of minor girl arrested for killing her in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal

The Uttar Pradesh Police on Sunday arrested the mother and two brothers of a minor girl for allegedly murdering her in the Sambhal district, The Indian Express reported.

The Class 9 student was shot dead on Thursday when she was returning to her village on a motorcycle with her brother and mother.

The three conspired to kill the teenager as they feared disrepute to the family because of a case in which the girl had allegedly been raped, PTI quoted unidentified police officials as saying.

One of the brothers had filed a police complaint naming a man, who had earlier been arrested for allegedly raping the girl, as an accused in the murder case.

Krishna Kumar Bishnoi, the Sambhal superintendent of police, told The Indian Express that the police investigation revealed loopholes in the complaint filed by the brother. “We were surprised how the brother and the mother who were accompanying the deceased on the bike survived unscathed when the attack was claimed to be carried out,” Bishnoi said.

The police official said that based on security camera footage and mobile phone details, it was concluded that the girl was killed by members of her family.

“The 20-year-old man [accused in the rape case] and his uncle, aged 24, were named as the accused [in the murder case by...

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