2 arrested for killing pregnant teenager in Jharkhand
The murder was a fallout of the victim pressurising her lover to marry her and the latter refusing to do so.
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MEDININAGAR: Two persons havebeen arrested for allegedly killing a pregnant 17-year-old girl and burying her body in the Sone riverbed in Jharkhand s Palamu district, police said on Sunday.
The deceased s 18-year-old lover and his friend were arrested from Koriyadih village in Hussainabad police station area on Saturday, Superintendent of Police Sanjeev Kumar said.
The murder was a fallout of the victim pressurising her lover to marry her and the latter refusing to do so. He had contacted a nurse who had demanded Rs 10,000 for abortion but he failed to arrange the money, the officer said.