Sirsa: A youth, Deepak, pushed his minor married sister, Maya, into the Nohar feeder of the Bhakra canal system near Roopawas village in Sirsa on Thursday evening.
Maya’s sister-in-law Savitri helped Deepak in the crime. They reportedly took Maya out of her house on the pretext of going to Sirsa and Deepak pushed her into the canal near the feeder.
Luckily, Maya (17) got hold of a pipe in the canal and was saved by passersby.
Deepak was annoyed as Maya had left her elderly husband and wanted to live with another person.
According to the police, Maya’s family had married her to an old man at Rampura Dillon village of the district while she was a minor. She could not pull on with her husband and was living in her parental house at Ludesar village in Sirsa.
On Maya’s statement, the police registered an FIR under Section 307 of the IPC against Deepak (22) and Savitri. “We are looking for the accused and will arrest them soon,” said Om Parkash, SHO of Nathusari Chopta police station.