Police have arrested the accused, Nitin, and booked him under the Indian Penal Code at his father's complaint, a senior police officer said.
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A 20-year-old youth strangled his younger sister after he found her with a male friend in his house in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal, police said on Friday.
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The incident took place in a village under Rajpura Police Station area.
Police have arrested the accused, Nitin, and booked him under the Indian Penal Code at his father's complaint, a senior police officer said.
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According to Superintendent of Police Chakresh Mishra, Nitin, when he saw his 18-year-old sister with some man in his house, got enraged, and when the man left, allegedly strangled the girl.
Police have sent the girl's body for post mortem.
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