Lucknow, March 28 -- In a shocking killing reported from Khudaliya village in Hapur district, the father and stepmother of a teenage girl murdered her and later fled from the house, police said on Wednesday.

The body was found lying in the home of the victim and there were injury marks on her neck and face and blood was oozing out. The police sent the body for post-mortem and launched a hunt for the absconding parents.

Saurabh Chaudhary, a resident of Tatarpur village in City Kotwali area of Bulandshahr district, informed the police that about 20-years-back, he had married his sister Laxmi to one Amit, a resident of Khudaliya village in Hapur district. He alleged that after a few years of marriage, Amit started beating Laxmi and killed he...