Father 'favoured' sons more, angry daughters slit his throat in UP's Muzaffarnagar

The sisters allegedly slit the throat of their father with a knife when he was asleep on Sunday night. His body was found next morning.

Two sisters allegedly slit their father's throat in Morna village in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar, the police said on Monday. According to the officials, the two were angry over alleged "discrimination" by their father.

The two sisters have been arrested by the police.

As per sources, the sisters, one of whom was a minor, were reportedly angry with their father as they felt that he ‘discriminated’ with them and favoured his two sons.

The duo had a heated exchange with their father, identified as 56-year-old Ram Prasad, on Saturday over some issue, sources said.

The sisters allegedly slit the throat of their father with a knife when he was asleep on Sunday night. His blood-soaked body was found near his bed on Monday morning, police said.

A senior police official said in Muzaffarnagar that Ram Prasad’s elder daughter, Komal, and her sister had perpetrated the crime. The sisters had hidden their blood-stained clothes in a room filled with straw.

The official said that Ram Prasad would often ask questions to the sisters whenever they went out.

A case was registered in this regard, and the matter was being investigated. The police have recovered the murder weapon.