Kanpur, February 16:In a case of honour killing, a 19-year-old girl was axed to death here today allegedly by her grandfather over her relationship with a boy from another caste, third such incident in UP in the last seven days, police said.
“The incident took place at Sarojani Naidu Nagar. Babulal killed his grand daughter Malti with an axe for being in a relationship with a boy of another caste and surrendered before the police,” ASP Atul Sonkar said.
A case of murder under section 302 of the IPC has been registered against him, he said.
On February 11, a teenage girl was strangulated allegedly by her relatives for having an affair with a boy, who also later committed suicide, in Agra .
In a similar case, a girl was shot dead allegedly by her brother on February 13 after she disappeared from home for three days and came back with a youth.
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