Woman refuses to get married to man chosen by parents; killed by father

Muzaffarnagar: A 20-year-old woman was allegedly strangulated to death by her father here after she opposed her marriage to a man against her wishes, police said on Sunday.

The accused Gayyur then himself reached the police station on Saturday and informed the police about the crime.

Circle Officer (city) Siddharth K Misra on Sunday told reporters that police have registered a case of murder against Gayyur (48) and arrested him on Saturday night.

The body of the deceased has been sent for a postmortem.

Locals claimed that the girl wanted to marry another man, but her parents were opposed to it and fixed her match with someone else.