Father strangles daughter, lover for long WhatsApp chats

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• Long conversations on WhatsApp led an angry father to murder his daughter and her paramour.

• The bodies were discovered near Dholpur, Rajasthan and the couple resided in Agra.

Parental objection has led to the death of a young couple from Agra. A father, incensed with the fact that his daughter was chatting for long hours with her boyfriend on messaging app WhatsApp, murdered both of them.

Giriraj, a resident of Nagla-Laljeet situated on the Agra-Gwalior highway was taken in custody for allegedly killing his daughter and her lover over their affair.

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Reportedly, the father lured Bharti Kushwaha and Naresh Kumar Singh to the city's outskirts with a promise of getting them married. However, he later killed the duo. Their bodies were found in the bushes near Mania police station in Dholpur, Rajasthan. They had been strangled with a shawl and a dupatta. The couple had been missing from their homes since two days.

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During investigations, the police found that the couple was in a relationship, which Giriraj was opposed to. However, the couple chose to continue their affair and would chat for several hours a day on WhatsApp. This irritated Giriraj, who was on the lookout for a suitable groom for Bharti.

Even though a CCTV from a toll plaza on the Agra-Gwalior highway had captured Giriraj's image, he claimed he had never visited Dholpur in the recent past.

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The girl's family, including her father, has been taken into custody and an FIR has also been lodged.