A Delhi couple have been sentenced to life in prison for killing their daughter and dumping her body alongside the Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district in 2022. They were angry with their 21-year-old daughter for marrying a man of her choice. A case was registered at Raya police station of Mathura in connection with the incident.
She was allegedly shot twice by her father, who, along with his wife dumped the body. Woman’s parents were subsequently arrested. The weapon and a car used in the crime were also seized.
The body, which bore bullet injuries on the chest, was recovered as unidentified on November 18, 2022 alongside the Yamuna Expressway within the limits of Mathura’s Raya police station, police had said. The identity of the deceased was later established as Ayushi Yadav (21) from the Badarpur area of Delhi. During the probe, it was revealed that the woman, who was pursuing her final year of BCA from an institute in Delhi’s Janakpuri area at that time, had an altercation with her father on November 17 and was allegedly shot dead by him who used his licensed gun to commit the crime.
