LUCKNOW, May 19 -- A 15-year-old girl was seen roaming aimlessly on the road hours after she and her minor boyfriend, 17, allegedly killed her mother in Chinhat's Semra locality in the wee hours of Sunday. The movement raised early suspicion and helped uncover what turned out to be a planned murder followed by a failed attempt to mislead investigators, police said on Monday.

The girl and her boyfriend were arrested for the murder of 40-year-old Usha Singh, who had opposed their relationship.

According to police, the duo choked Usha Singh and then slit her throat with a piece of broken glass. After the killing, the girl reportedly tried to make the incident look like a break-in, stripping her mother's body, placing a liquor bottle nearby...