JAIPUR: A man allegedly strangled his 20-year-old daughter to death in Dausa on Thursday and later surrendered himself to police. He was enraged with his daughter for not willing to stay with her husband as she was in love with another man in her locality. She was allegedly married forcefully on February 16.
According to police, Pinki Kumari was in a relationship with a 22-year-old youth identified as Roshan living in her neighborhood in Dausa. Pinki’s family lives in Ramkund area of Dausa.
“The family was against this relationship and got her married to another man on February 16. A day after the marriage, she returned to her maternal home and told her parents that she was against the marriage and won’t be living with her husband. On February 21, when her in-laws and husband came to take her back, she eloped with her male companion,” said Dausa SP Anil Kumar.
After the girl eloped, the girl’s father Shankar Lal lodged a case of kidnapping against the youth. An FIR was filed with the mahila police station in Dausa, following which the woman along with her male companion appeared before the Rajasthan High court on February 26 and sought its intervention in giving them some kind of protection.
“The court heard the arguments in the presence of the woman’s father. The court ordered police protection for the woman and said that she could stay with the man she wished to. Thereafter, Ashok Nagar police in Jaipur took the two to the house they suggested in Jaipur,” the SP added.
On March 1, the male companion brought her to Dausa and the girl started staying there. “Thereafter, the family with whom she was living, lodged a case of kidnap and assault against her father. We launched a massive hunt but she was not found at her father’s home as well,” the police officer added.
Finally at 3am on Thursday, Shankar Lal came to Mahila police station and confessed that he had killed his daughter since she was not willing to stay with her husband. “Based on his statements, the police recovered the body of the woman from Lal’s house,” the SP said.