A man along with two others were arrested for allegedly killing his daughter and her lover in Odisha’s Kalahandi district, the police said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The arrested individuals are the girl’s father — Kaneswar Patel, uncle Debananda Patel and brother-in-law Tankadhar Naik.<\/p>\n
All the three accused have been forwarded to court.<\/p>\n
The three were allegedly involved in killing the couple — Jemamani Patel (20) and Sunil Patel (22), and hung their bodies near Banjipadar village.<\/p>\n
After receiving a call on July 9, the police recovered the decomposed bodies of Jemamani and Sunil from a graveyard at Banjipadar village, said Kalahandi Superintendent of Police, Abhilas G.<\/p>\n
During the investigation, it was found that Jemamani and Sunil were in a relationship and their family members were opposed to their relationship as both happened to be “distantly” related as niece and uncle, respectively, he said.<\/p>\n
Therefore, they eloped from homes on June 30 and were hiding in a dense sugarcane field, the police officer said.<\/p>\n
After getting information about the couple’s “hideout”, the accused trio rushed to the sugarcane field and strangled them to death.<\/p>\n
They then took Jemamani and Sunil to the nearby funeral ground and hung them in a bid to make it look like a case of suicide, the police officer said.<\/p>\n
Also, on July 2, the girl’s father, Kaneswar Patel, had lodged a missing complaint at a police station to misguide the police, he added.<\/p>\n