UP Shocker: Man Arrested for Beheading Girlfriend After She Asks Him To Marry Her; Officer Says Accused Watched Telugu Movie ’Salaar’ Before Executing Murder

Bahraich, March 10: A man was arrested for allegedly beheading his girlfriend when she asked him to marry her, police said on Sunday. "The case began after police found a headless body of a woman near Jagannathpur village on Friday. She was identified on Saturday as a 26-year-old woman, who was living with her parents after marriage," Additional Superintendent of Police (Rural) Durga Prasad Tiwari said. Lucknow Shocker: Man Hires Contract Killers To Murder Wife, Her Lover; Ends Up Losing His Son to Them After Dispute Over Advance Payment.

Investigations led to the arrest of Asif Raza alias Faizan (24), her lover and a local motorcycle mechanic, police said. During interrogation Faizan confessed that he killed his girlfriend because she kept pressuring him to marry her, Tiwari said. According to the officer the accused watched a Telugu movie 'Salaar', before executing the murder. Ballia Shocker: 19-Year-Old Girl in UP Ends Life After Being Scolded by Father for Speaking to Boy on Phone.

Faizan lured her to a canal on March 6, beheaded her with a makeshift weapon, and hid the head separately, he said. "He was caught fleeing to Nepal on Sunday, with police recovering the head, weapon, and other evidence. The accused has been sent to jail on judicial custody," the officer said.

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