Man arrested for beheading his own teenage daughter
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Police in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have arrested a man suspected of beheading his own daughter.
Sarvesh Kumar was arrested as he walked towards a police station carrying the severed head of the 17-year-old girl.
"I did it. There was no one else. I closed the latch and did it. The body is in the room," he is heard saying in the disturbing video recorded by the police.
One of the police then asks him to put the severed head down and sit by the road. The man can be seen calmly following the order without any protest before he is taken to the police station and arrested.
Trigger Warning: A man walks to police station holding severed head of his daughter in northern India, arrested by police (Screengrab/Video )
He was reportedly angered by his daughter’s relationship with a man he disliked and had caught her with the young man a few days ago, according to media reports.
The teenager was the eldest of four children of the accused and her mother has also attested to the crime. The girl’s body has been sent for postmortem.
Hundreds of people are killed each year for falling in love or marrying against their families' wishes in India.
In the video, the man says that he had recently found out about this daughter's relationship and that had made him very angry.
He is heard saying that he found her alone at home, locked her in a room and beheaded her with a sharp object.
Alarmed at the sight of a man walking with a severed head, local people alerted the police.
Police say an investigation is being carried out.
Meanwhile, a policeman was suspended after a photograph showed him carrying the severed head inappropriately (carrying the severed head by the hair).
“A photo that showed a policeman holding the head by the hair was circulated. It is against humanity. Action has been taken against the policeman at once,” a quote from a police statement.
Wednesday's crime took place in Hardoi district in Uttar Pradesh. Last year, the state topped the list of Indian states with the highest number of crimes against women, according to the National Crime Records Bureau.
Murders by family members for being in a relationship are known as "honour killings" and although there are no authentic figures, campaigners say hundreds of so-called "honour crimes" take place every year in India.
Age-old notions of tradition and family honour are still deeply entrenched in many parts of Indian society.
Many victims anger their families by marrying outside their caste and religion and often these crimes against them are endorsed, or even encouraged, by village-based caste councils.
In 2011, the Supreme Court said that people convicted of so-called honour killings should face the death penalty.
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