UP Man Kills Niece He Had An Affair With. She Wanted To Marry Someone Else

The accused, Manikant Dwivedi, had disposed of the body in an underconstruction building and thrown her cellphone in a bus to mislead the cops.

A man has been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi district for allegedly murdering his 22-year-old niece, with whom he was having an extramarital affair, because she wanted to marry someone else. The accused, Manikant Dwivedi, had disposed of the body in an underconstruction building and thrown her cellphone in a bus to mislead the cops.

According to police, the woman, Mansi Pandey, had gone to her aunt's Manikant's wife -- home Monday on the occasion of Rakshabandhan. When she did not return, her father Ramsagar Pandey registered a police case against Manikant, accusing her of taking his daughter away. The police took him in custody and started questioning him.

District Police Chief Neeraj Kumar Jadaun said that the accused told police during questioning that he was in an affair with Mansi for two years now. "Recently, Mansi told him that she wants to marry someone else. This infuriated Manikant and he choked her to death," he said.