Tripura: 18-year-old brother arrested for killing his younger sister

The incident has sent shock waves throughout the local community, with widespread grief and anger. Read further on Dynamite News

Agartala: Three days after the recovery of the dead body of a 9-year-old girl who was allegedly murdered in a mysterious circumstance, police on Saturday arrested the brother and detained the mother of the victim at Manubazar under South Tripura district.

Body Recovered

The body of the 9-year-old Ujjashikha Tripura, daughter of Rahim Tripura, was recovered on Wednesday.

Police arrested Ujjashikha’s elder brother, 18-year-old Sahel Tripura, in connection with the case, while the deceased’s mother, Sabita Tripura, has been detained.

Police said, based on the primary evidence, Sahel was arrested, who had already admitted to having committed the crime. Police officials were currently interrogating the mother, Sabita, at the Manubazar police station.

Ujjashikha, a resident of Kalavepa Nalsing Sardar Para under Manubazar police jurisdiction in Sabrum subdivision, disappeared mysteriously on May 21 afternoon. Despite extensive searching efforts, no clues were found until the following day, May 22, when her body was discovered in a nearby rubber garden adjacent to her home.

Shock Waves In Community

The incident has sent shock waves throughout the local community, with widespread grief and anger. The grieving parents have alleged that their daughter was murdered. Upon receiving the distressing news, the police immediately arrived at the scene, recovered the body, and took it to the hospital for an autopsy.

Following a night of intensive interrogation, police took Sahel Tripura into custody as a key suspect on Saturday morning.

Meanwhile, the deceased’s mother, Sabita Tripura, is also undergoing questioning to assist the investigation. However, the reason for the murder is yet to be ascertained.

Similar Incident In UP

Three months ago in Febraury the similar incident happenned in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh. Here a brother killed his sister and niece over property division. The police arrested the accused brother.

Jyoti Living With Family

The deceased Jyoti was living in her maternal home with her daughter and husband for the last 3 years. Jyoti's father had transferred a house and 20 bighas of land in her name. As a result the brother got upset and murdered his sister Jyoti and her daughter.

The accused shot and killed both of them in front of his brother-in-law. The accused also wanted to kill his brother-in-law.

The accused has been identified as Harshvardhan.