A man from Shamli, Uttar Pradesh, allegedly murdered his wife and two minor daughters over not wearing a burqa. He had buried their bodies in the septic tank inside the house.
A man killed his wife and two children, then buried their bodies in the courtyard.
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Shamli, UP: After committing the crime, the accused, Mohd Farukh, lived normally for five days. He reportedly became angry when his wife went out without wearing a hijab. He shot his wife and… pic.twitter.com/9PDJN9vSaW
The accused is a resident of Garhi Daulat village, located within the Kandhla police station area.
According to police, Farooq confessed to shooting his wife, Tahia, 32, after waking her to pepare tea at home on December 10. He also shot his elder daughter, Afreen, 12, after she tried to intervene. He then strangled his younger daughter, Sahreen, who was aged 5.
Farooq revealed that he worked as a bread maker in a hotel. About a month earlier his wife had asked him for some money. After an argument she had left for her parents house with her two daughters without wearing a burqa. The man said that he was upset about 'honor' and made plans to kill them after bringing them back home.
He had buried all their bodies in a deep pit he had dug earlier for a toilet in the courtyard of the house.
Police have recovered the bodies for a post-mortem on Wednesday, six days after the murder.
Farooq's father, Dawood, had complained to the police on Tuesday after the three went missing on December 10. The head of the village had also grown suspicious and lodged another complaint before the police took Farooq into custody, Suprerintendent of Police Narendra Pratap Singh told local media.
The man had confessed during the police interrogation and said that he was angry his wife had left the house without a hijab.
The victim's family staged a protest and tried to confront the accused, who had been arrested. Police have tightened security around the village and deployed more personnel.
