Delhi girl's body found in Hapur canal, police suspect it to be honour killing
The Uttar Pradesh Police which pulled out Naina's body also found a white Hyundai Santro bearing a Delhi registration number near the spot.
In Short
- Delhi girl's body fished out of Hapur Canal
- Girl's family reported missing
- Delhi car with bloodstains on rear seat found near the body
In a suspected case of honour killing, the body of a 25-year-old Delhi girl, Naina, was fished out of the Hapur canal in the Dhaulana area. The Uttar Pradesh Police which pulled out Naina's body also found a white Hyundai Santro bearing a Delhi registration number near the spot. The doors of the car were open and there appeared to be signs of a struggle inside the car. The car's seats had blood stains on them and the girl's body had strangulation marks on the neck, indicating it to be a case of murder.
During the investigation, the police found the car to be registered in the name of Naina's father at a Mayur Vihar address. When the police reached the address, the whole family was found to be missing from home since the girl went missing.
A relative who lives nearby said that he did not know where the girl or her family members were. Initial investigation by the UP police found that the phones of all the family members and Naina had been switched off on the intervening night of July 15-16 near their Wazirabad home.
The police said, "It seemed that she had been strangled and then hit with a heavy object." On the basis of the investigation, the police suspect it to be a case of honour killing and destruction of evidence. They are also suspecting that the entire family could have met with the same fate under a broader conspiracy.
Naina, 25, had completed her teacher training course recently and was teaching at a school in Bhajanpura. She used to live with her family, which included her mother, a younger brother and her father who owns a cloth shop in the Tibet Monastery market at Kashmiri Gate.