India, June 25 -- LUCKNOW Two days after a 17-year-old girl was murdered in Lucknow's Vigyanpuri colony allegedly by her stepfather, the victim's mother claimed that her husband danced on the girl's body after stabbing her 18 times.

The man stabbed his stepdaughter to death over a family discord on Monday evening. The victim's mother, Rekha Rajput, who tried to stop the assailant, also sustained injuries. The accused, Vikas Chandra Pandey, has been arrested and sent to judicial custody.

"Vikas was arrested on Monday night and is in judicial custody. The post-mortem report confirms the stab wounds on the girl's neck, stomach, and private parts," said DCP (central) Ashish Srivastava.

Rekha Rajput told media persons that Vikas had been ha...