Meerut/Hapur (UP), Aug 18 (PTI) Upset with her sister's inter-caste love affair, a man along with his brother-in-law allegedly tried to hack her to death in a case of honour killing bid in a village in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Tuesday.

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Hapur district's Wazirpur village resident Arun and his brother-in-law Raju have been arrested and remanded in judicial custody for their bid to kill 20-year-old Bobby, said Kithore police station in-charge Rosant Tyagi.

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Victim Bobby is undergoing treatment in a Meerut hospital, he said, adding she is out of danger now.

Tyagi said Bobby was having an inter-caste love affair with a man of her village and her family members were enraged over it.

He said Arun and Raju had brought Bobby to a canal near Mehmoodpur Garhi under Kithore police station in Merruut district on Monday evening and repeatedly slashed her neck with blades in a bid to kill her.

But hearing the woman's cries, the people nearby rushed to the spot following which the duo ran away, leaving Bobby in a pool of blood, said Tyagi, adding she was rushed to a hospital by the people.

Police registered a case of attempted murder on Bobby's statement and arrested both her brother and brother-in-law, said Tyagi.

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