Odisha police have arrested the parents of an 18-year-old girl after they slit her throat and dumped her body in a canal in Ganjam district.
The couple had allegedly killed the 18-year-old on August 1 at their house at Goutami. The body was recovered from the canal at nearby Kaukhata on August 4, police said.
The accused - Runu Jena (45) and Saura Jena (52), mother and father of the deceased respectively were arrested and a murder case was registered against them, said sub divisional police officer of Berhampur Sadar, A K Mohanty.
Preliminary inquiry showed that the girl's mother slit her throat, while the father helped in the disposal of the body, he said.
The body was kept in the mortuary in MKCG Medical College and Hospital here was handed over to them after they identified the body, he said.
The police are still interrogating the couple, and suspect that they killed the girl after she refused to marry the person they had selected for her, police said.
