Overview
- Police say the attack happened on Friday inside the Badausa police station during a counselling session after officers brought back a couple who had married against the family’s wishes.
- The victim, 19-year-old Shivani Chauhan, was stabbed repeatedly by her father while her mother reportedly restrained her and she later died at Banda Medical College.
- Officers first registered an attempt-to-murder case that was upgraded to murder after Shivani’s death and both parents have been arrested and detained.
- Authorities recovered the weapon and sent the body for post-mortem as investigators probe why the knife was allowed into the station and why officers did not stop the attack.
- Local outrage has focused attention on possible honour-based motives, police custodial procedures for recovered persons, and whether changes are needed to protect vulnerable people during police-mediated counselling.