UP woman arrested for killing father to foil his bid to sell family land

SHAMLI: A 20-year-old woman, Bhuriya Singh , was arrested for allegedly killing her 50-year-old father, Satyawan Singh, a month ago as she was against his attempts to sell their ancestral three-bigha land.

Police said the victim was found dead outside his residence on Oct 15. They initially believed it was a natural death but Satyawan’s mother, 70, expressed suspicion that he was strangled by someone. Police sent the body for postmortem and the autopsy report confirmed death by strangulation. Following this, police registered a murder case in the matter and started a fresh investigation.

During questioning of the family members, the accused gave inconsistent answers and eventually broke down and confessed to the crime. Officers said she confessed to strangling her father with a scarf, claiming that he constantly ill-treated her as she was against his attempts to sell the family land.

Shamli superintendent of police (SP) Ramsevak Gautam said Bhuriya was arrested two days ago and sent to jail.