Uttar Pradesh: Man held for shooting dead minor daughter in suspected honour killing

BUDAUN: A man has been arrested for

killing his minor daughter

in a village here in a suspected case of honour killing, police said on Monday.

A country-made pistol used in the commission of the crime was recovered from his possession, they said.

The 17-year-old girl was shot dead by her father on Friday around 4 am in the village in the

Bilsi

area, they added.

"The girl was in love with a youth of the same village," Senior Superintendent of Police (

SSP

) Sankalp Sharma said.

Their neighbours told police that the victim's parents did not approve of her relationship with the boy.

Police are probing the case from all angles.