Davangere: In a suspected case of Honour Killing, a man murdered his daughter here on Thursday, January 31.
Kalleshappa strangled his daughter Anitha to death allegedly for having an affair with a boy from another caste.
This incident has taken place in Bistuvalli village of Jagalur town.
Kalleshappa had removed the SIM card from her phone and had kept it with him. When Anitha asked for it, he refused and the verbal fight took an extreme turn.
He promised Anitha to return her SIM card and taken it out.
Later, Kalleshappa took her Salwar Kameez veil and strangulated her. Later, he took her body and disposed it in a field.
The villagers suspect it to be a case of Honour Killing.
Anitha’s uncle was the first to go and report about her death in the Jagalur Police Station.
Later, the Jagalur police took Kalleshappa into custody for further investigation.