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Man arrested for killing daughter

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Police today claimed to have arrested one person along with his brother for allegedly killing his 20-year-old daughter here at Dhana Kalan village.

Sonia, a student of BA Final year, had allegedly eloped with her boyfriend of same village on May 9.

However, both were found by police two days later from Gurgaon railway station on the basis of complaint filed by girl's father Ravi Dutt.

Sonia was handed over to the family by the police, they said.

However, she died under mysterious circumstances on May 19 and her family cremated the body next day without conducting postmortem, police said.
 

After learning about the girl's death, police lodged a case against girl's father Ravi Dutt, his brother Krishan Saini and another relative Rajender under sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of an offence committed) and other sections of the IPC against them.

Ravi Dutt and Krishan Saini were arrested, police said, further investigation is underway.

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First Published: May 22 2015 | 6:42 PM IST

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