The matter came to light on October 25, when his elder daughter Kajal Katheria contacted the police.
Etawah. Etawah district police have detained a man's 17-year-old daughter and arrested her lover in connection with his murder. A senior official gave this information on Tuesday. According to the police, the girl, along with her lover, made her father Shyam Sundar Katheria unconscious by giving him sleeping pills and then slit his throat with a knife. After this, his head and face were crushed by hitting him with a mortar and pestle.
Etawah Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Brijesh Kumar Srivastava said that the accused wrapped the body in a blanket, kept it in a box and fled after locking the house. He told that the case of murder of Shyam Sundar, a resident of Kanshiram Colony, located near TB Hospital in Civil Lines police station area, came to light on October 25, when his elder daughter Kajal Katheria contacted the police.
She told the police that she was not able to contact her father and younger sister for the last two-three days. Police said that when Kajal reached her maternal home with her father-in-law, a foul smell was coming from the house. Her father's body was found wrapped in a blanket in a trunk inside the house, while her younger sister was not present there. Police said that after this a case has been registered in this regard. The police team led by Civil Lines police station in-charge KK Mishra along with forensic experts inspected the incident site and collected evidence. The body has been kept in the mortuary for post-mortem.
Love story started with mobile recharge
SSP said that based on preliminary investigation and secret information, the police caught the girl and her lover Abhilash Singh on the road leading to Sarai Asar village. Abhilash is a resident of this area. Police said, during interrogation, the accused told that they had met about five months ago. At that time the girl had given her phone number to Abhilash to recharge her mobile phone. After this, conversation started between the two. According to the police, when Shyam Sundar came to know about this relationship, he initially tried to convince his daughter but the girl refused to end the relationship. After this the father started opposing this and started beating the daughter. Due to this, resentment increased between the two.
This is how the entire incident was carried out
Police said, after this the girl along with her boyfriend conspired to murder Shyam Sundar. As part of the conspiracy, on October 21, Abhilash bought sleeping pills. The girl mixed those pills in tea and gave them to her father to drink. He told that that night when Shyam Sundar slept deeply, both of them tied him to the cot with a rope and stabbed him several times on the neck with a knife. According to the police, the accused crushed his head and face with a mortar and pestle kept in the house. After this, they wrapped the body in a blanket and kept it in a trunk, locked the house and ran away. Police said that at the behest of the accused, the knife, sewing machine, blood stained clothes and box used in the murder have been recovered. Investigation is going on in the matter.