Woman raped, murdered by brother's friend in Manesar

A 28-year-old man and his 30-year-old friend were arrested on Saturday for allegedly hatching a conspiracy and murdering the man's 19-year-old sister for being in a relationship with a man from a different community, police said.

- Debashish Karmakar

They said the man roped in his friend to commit the murder and the friend had raped the victim before killing her.The accused and the victim were from Etah and Agra in Uttar Pradesh, and the brother-sister duo had been residing in Manesar for the past six years, police said.

Virender Saini, assistant commissioner of police (Manesar), said that upon learning of his sister’s relationship with a 24-year-old man from a different community, he sent her home to Etah on November 15 as she was adamant on marrying him. “However, she fled home on November 22 and came to Manesar again to live with her boyfriend,” he said.