On April 3, 2013 Rajit Ram, a resident of Kapoorpur Gondiyanpuwa under Kotwali city police station, had lodged a complaint that his daughter had been lured away by a villager, prosecution sources said.
A week later, Ram informed the police that the body of the girl has been found in a pond and later the post-mortem report had confirmed her death due to strangulation.
During investigation, the needle of suspicion turned towards the father as it appeared to be a case of honour killing, the sources said, adding that during sustained interrogation he admitted to the crime.