Hoshiarpur: A man allegedly killed his 17-year-old daughter with a kirpan in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district on Thursday morning before fleeing the scene, police said. The girl was a Class 12 student.
Police from the Hariana police station reached the spot after receiving information about the incident. The body was taken into custody and sent for a postmortem examination.
According to the preliminary investigation, the accused was allegedly unhappy about not having a son. The victim’s maternal uncle, Manjit Singh, claimed that the father had wanted a male child for a long time. He said the family had not expected him to commit such an act and demanded his immediate arrest and punishment.
Deputy superintendent of police (rural) Narinder Singh said police received information about the killing at around 7.15 am. Officers visited the scene and questioned people as part of the investigation.
Police have registered a case based on the statement of the victim’s mother, Baljit Kaur, and launched a search for the accused. Further investigation is underway.
