A 43-year-old man was arrested for allegedly strangling his 17-year-old daughter to death in a case of suspected honour killing in Ganjam district of Odisha.

Odisha Police found the body of the victim on September 19 near Gunduribadi village under Sorada police station jurisdiction.

The girl went missing from Gunduribadi village on August 25 and her father thought she had eloped with a boy of another caste. When the girl returned on September 15, her father didn't allow her to enter the house.

She then went to her uncle's place in a neighbouring village. Her uncle called her father and tried to resolve the matter on September 18.

The girl's father and uncle asked her repeatedly to disclose the identity of the person she had eloped with, but she refused to reveal anything. After much persuasion by her uncle, her father agreed to take her back home.

During an argument while returning home, the father beat her up, strangled her to death and dumped the body in a bush by the National Highway 59.

Police suspected foul play after the father did not file a missing complaint when his daughter was missing but lodged an FIR that she was killed by unidentified men only after the body was identified.

The accused confessed to his crime after rigorous questioning and grilling by the police. He said he strangled her as she had been away from home for some days and he thought she eloped with a boy of a different caste. He was arrested on Tuesday.

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