Ludhiana, Aug. 12 -- In an apparent case of honour killing, a farm labourer strangled his 13-year-old daughter to death with her dupatta in a tubewell room and fled after dumping the body on the spot in Bachittar Nagar on Gill Road. According to officials privy to the matter, the man suspected his daughter of having an affair with a boy.

Officials from the Sadar Police Station arrested the accused and lodged a murder case against him. The accused has been identified as Nagender Singh, a native of Bihar. He was living here in a rented accommodation with his wife, two daughters and a son. One of his daughters is married.

The victim was a student of Class 8. According to Inspector Avneet Kaur, SHO at Sadar Police Station, Nagender on Sunda...