UP: Man kills neighbour over suspicion of having affair with sister in Etah

AGRA: A man, along with his aide, was arrested for strangulating his neighbour to death as he suspected the victim of having affair with his sister. Identified as Durveen (20), the victim’s body was recovered from the river bank of Sirsa in Jalesar police jurisdiction of UP's Etah district on June 1.
He hailed from Gopalpur village and was missing since May 28. Based on his father’s Ram Chandra written complaint, local police booked five men under IPC sections 302 (murder) and 201 (Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender). Later, police arrested two men, including one who was charged for murder in FIR. The apprehended men were identified as Awadesh and Chandra Shekhar.
Sanjay Kumar, additional superintendent of police Etah, said, “During the probe Chandra Shekhar confessed that he killed Durveen after Awadesh suspected that his neighbour was having affair with his sister. Awadesh and Chandra Shekhar took the victim to a secluded place and electrocuted him before strangulating him to death with electric wire. Later, the two cremated victim’s body in a pit near river bed.”
“A couple of days later, the body came up floating in river and was sent for autopsy. We have recovered the victim’s phone and cable wire used in murder,” added officer.
In a similar kind of case, Bah police of Agra district on Wednesday arrested a man along with the aide for strangulating a victim with electric cable after the accused found the man was having affair with his sister.