Honour killing: Father, brother held for strangling woman in UP village for living in with lover
Muzaffarnagar (PTI): Police have arrested the father and brother of the 23-year-old woman whose half-burnt body was found in a forest here, an officer said on Tuesday.
He claimed that Saraswati Maliyan, who was found in a charred state on June 3, was a victim of honour killing .
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sanjay Kumar told reporters that Saraswati's 55-year-old father, Rajvir Singh, and her 24-year-old brother, Sumit Kumar, were nabbed in connection with her death from Jadvad village on Sunday evening.
"During the investigation, both accused confessed to strangling Saraswati to death. They claimed that she had tarnished the family's reputation with her relationship choices," the officer said.
The two said they killed her on May 29 and set her body on fire with petrol in the forest near a canal.
According to police, Saraswati had married twice — once in 2019 and again in 2022 — but both marriages ended. She later returned to her lover against the wishes of her family.
Police have booked Rajvir Singh and Sumit Kumar under BNS sections 103 (murder) and 238 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence) and have sent them to jail.
Saraswati, an employee of an e-commerce firm in Gurugram, had been living in with a man from her village, police said.
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NCW chief condemns rape-murder of 4-year-old girl in Pune, calls for swift action
New Delhi (PTI): National Commission for Women (NCW) Chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar has condemned the alleged rape and murder of a four-year-old girl in Maharashtra's Pune, calling it "deeply distressing" and a "blot on humanity".
The girl was allegedly raped and killed by a 65-year-old labourer, who has a criminal record, in Bhor tehsil of Pune on Friday. The accused allegedly lured the child to a cattle enclosure on the pretext of giving her food. After raping her, he killed her by hitting her with a stone, according to police.
The accused has been arrested.
In a post on X on Saturday, Rahatkar said the incident in the Nasrapur area in Pune was heartbreaking and has shaken society.
"The brutal torture and murder of a four-year-old innocent girl in Nasrapur (Bhor, Pune) is deeply painful, heartbreaking, and shocking. It is a blot on humanity," she said.
She said Pune Rural police has arrested the accused and noted that Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar have assured strict action in the case.
Rahatkar said the NCW has taken cognisance of the matter and written to the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), requesting the body to ensure necessary and prompt action.
It has also been recommended that the case be pursued under stringent provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and be closely monitored from the filing of the chargesheet to proceedings in a fast-track special court to ensure time-bound justice, she added.
Ensuring justice for the victim and stringent punishment for the accused is a collective responsibility, the NCW chairperson underlined.
In a post on X, the NCW said it has taken suo motu cognisance of the extremely "heinous" incident.
"This heinous crime causes profound pain and outrage, and it highlights serious concerns regarding the safety of young girls," it said.
Strongly condemning this grave "inhuman act", the NCW said such crimes constitute a serious violation of children's rights and raise questions about society's security system.
