PATNA, Jan. 5 -- Police in Banka district of Bihar on Saturday arrested a professional lawyer and his son for allegedly killing his 17-year-old daughter over suspecting that she was having an affair with a "low caste" youth of the neighbourhood. The minor girl was killed with his throat slit.

The incident occurred in Chamreili village of Banka district. The minor was reportedly missing from January 2.

The lawyer Shashibhusan Jha, according to police, tried to make the murder appear a case of kidnapping by filing an FIR against the neighbouring youth named Shailesh Kumar. In his FIR, the lawyer had alleged that Shailesh had kidnapped his daughter with the intention of marriage.

Following this, Banka SP Upendra Nath Verma constituted a S...