Police within the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have arrested a person suspected of beheading his daughter.

Sarvesh Kumar was arrested as he walked in the direction of a police station carrying the severed head of the 17-year-old lady.

In a video shot by the police, he’s heard saying that he was angered by his daughter’s alleged affair with a person he didn’t like.

Hundreds of individuals are killed every year for falling in love or marrying in opposition to their households’ needs in India.

In the video, the person says that he had lately discovered about this daughter’s relationship and that had made him very indignant.

He is heard saying that he discovered her alone at residence, locked her in a room and beheaded her with a pointy object.

Alarmed on the sight of a person strolling with a severed head, native individuals alerted the police.

The man instructed the police that he had left the physique and the homicide weapon “in the room” and was on his approach to the police station.

Police say an investigation is being carried out.

Meanwhile, a policeman was suspended after {a photograph} confirmed him carrying the severed head inappropriately.

Wednesday’s crime befell in Hardoi district in Uttar Pradesh. Last yr, the state topped the checklist of Indian states with the best variety of crimes in opposition to girls, in response to the National Crime Records Bureau.

Murders by members of the family for being in a relationship are referred to as “honour killings” and though there are not any genuine figures, campaigners say tons of of so-called “honour crimes” happen yearly in India.

Age-old notions of custom and household honour are nonetheless deeply entrenched in lots of components of Indian society.

Many victims anger their households by marrying exterior their caste and faith and infrequently these crimes in opposition to them are endorsed, and even inspired, by village-based caste councils.