A 25-year-old man allegedly strangled his 21-year-old sister to death in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal in what police suspect to be an honour killing linked to her relationship with a man from another community, officials said on Friday (February 20, 2026).
The deceased’s father even justified the action by his son, saying it was correct to kill a girl who insults her family, they said.
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After the crime was reported from the Matawali Patti area within the Asmoli police station limits, the man himself informed the police and confessed to killing his sister. He has been taken into custody, police said.
ASP Kuldeep Singh said that late on Thursday (February 19, 2026) night, Jaane Alam made a PCR call informing that he had killed his sister Roop Jahan.
