Pooja's body was sent for an autopsy and the reports are yet to arrive. | Photo Credit: Thinkstock

Key Highlights The accused first electrocuted his daughter and then slit her throat using a machete The incident happened on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday The victim was identified as 22-year-old Pooja Singh, who was the youngest among five siblings

Agra: A man allegedly murdered his 22-year-old daughter for allegedly falling in love with the neighbour's son. The accused first electrocuted his daughter and then slit her throat using a machete after he saw her talking to the youth.

The incident happened on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, in Salempur Khutiana village under Jasrana police station limits of Firozabad district. The accused was identified as Harivansh Kumar, who called the police and confessed that he killed his daughter as he did not approve of her relationship with the man.

The victim was identified as 22-year-old Pooja Singh, who was the youngest among five siblings and only daughter of her parents. According to a report, the complaint was lodged by the accused's son-Yogesh, following which the police booked Harivansh under Indian Penal Code 302 (murder) and sent him jail after a brief interrogation.

Pooja's body was sent for an autopsy and the reports are yet to arrive. Circle officer told media that it is a case of (dis)honour killing and the accused has admitted that he killed his daughter. He was annoyed with her for carrying on with a relationship that he disapproved of.

Girish Chandra Gautam, Station House Officer told a media person that the girl's mother and three brothers were in Gurugram, Haryana while her fourth brother lives in another house across the road. None of the family members was present when the incident happened. The alleged boyfriend had reportedly come to meet the victim outside her house when her father spotted the same. In a fit of rage, he confronted the daughter and later electrocuted her before slitting her throat.

Reportedly, Pooja was the 23rd victim of suspected honour killing in the past 18 months in Western Uttar Pradesh.