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Although the police have refuted the claims, the family members of the man, identified as Asaram, and residents of his village, protested with his body and blocked the Lakhimpur-Maigalganj highway on Saturday morning.
The police also arrested an aunt and two uncles of the victim for assisting the couple in the October 29 murder and the subsequent cover-up.
Police arrested the woman’s father who reached the station with the spade used in the crime; probing the role of other family members.
In a surprising turn, an 11-year-old from Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh, stood in the Supreme Court, refuting an ongoing murder case against his grandfather and uncles, allegedly filed falsely by his father. The Court, after the boys plea, ordered no coercive actions against the accused until further proceedings in January. The case unravels a bitter family dispute triggered by dowry-related accusations and domestic violence, prompting legal battles between the parties.
The girl’s father had lodged a complaint on November 4 accusing one of the men of kidnapping his 17-year-old daughter.