The Star/Asia News Network
Friday, Nov 23, 2012
INDIA - A 16-year-old was arrested in Haryana, north India, for allegedly murdering her mother after she objected to her relationship with an older man from a different caste.
Police said the girl, her boyfriend and another man had killed Sheela, 40, on Oct 25 and had buried her body near the village of Gohana, about 50km from Chandigarh, Makkal Osai reported.
Sheela's brother filed a missing person's report last Monday.
During questioning, the teen admitted that she mixed sleeping pills in the milk to make her mother unconscious.
Together with her boyfriend Surinder and his friend Rinku, they took her to a deserted place, strangled Sheela and buried her there.
Within 10 days of the incident, the girl married Surinder and started living with him.
Police recovered Sheela's body on Wednesday.
