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The National Commission for Women (NCW) connected Saturday (May 23, 2026) took suo motu cognisance of reports related to the brutal execution of a teen miss from Kushinagar successful Uttar Pradesh whose mutilated and decapitated assemblage was allegedly recovered successful a bid manager astatine a presumption successful Lucknow.
In a statement, the committee said reports person raised suspicion of a imaginable "honour killing" oregon "hate crime" down the incident.
A man, with the assistance of his sister and brother-in-law, allegedly killed his 15-year-old girl implicit an interfaith relationship.
NCW Chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar has written to the Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh, directing that an "immediate, impartial and time-bound investigation" beryllium conducted successful the matter.
The committee has sought a elaborate enactment taken study (ATR) wrong 7 days.
"The NCW has taken suo motu cognisance of highly horrifying media reports regarding the brutal execution of a pistillate nonmigratory of Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh.
"According to media reports, the woman's mutilated and decapitated assemblage was recovered from a manager of the Chhapra-Gomti Nagar Express astatine Gomti Nagar Railway Station successful Lucknow. The reports person expressed apprehensions of an alleged honour sidesplitting oregon hatred transgression down the murder," the connection said.
The NCW has sought details regarding the sections invoked successful the FIR, presumption of arrests and interrogation of suspects, and steps taken to retrieve the victim's severed caput and the limb utilized successful the crime.
The NCW has further sought accusation related to CCTV footage, telephone item records, forensic grounds and different integer probe findings.
"The committee has besides directed that each aspects related to a imaginable honour sidesplitting oregon home unit space beryllium thoroughly investigated," it said, adding that the information of different delicate members of the victim's household and witnesses beryllium ensured.
Condemning the incident, the NCW said, "Such brutal unit against women is unacceptable nether immoderate circumstances and the strictest enactment indispensable beryllium taken against those responsible."
On May 17, the mutilated torso of the 15-year-old miss was recovered from a trunk wrong a manager of the Chhapra-Gomti Nagar Express astatine Gomti Nagar Railway Station, portion her caput was aboriginal recovered successful a pond successful Kushinagar. Police besides said the victim's hands and legs were packed separately successful polythene bags.
According to police, the antheral archetypal assaulted his daughter. After she allegedly tried to instrumentality her ain life, helium conspired with his relatives to termination her. Police said helium allegedly sent his woman and sons distant from location earlier murdering her.
Police aboriginal arrested the antheral and 2 different relatives, alleging that the execution was carried retired implicit suspicion of an interfaith relationship.
