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          Patna, April 22 (IANS) In a suspected honour killing, a woman   strangled to death her daughter for having married against her wishes in Patna.   The mother was arrested Sunday.
 Naznin Bano alias Rani, 22, a MSc   (Bio-tech) student of commerce college, was found dead at her abandoned   residence located on the outskirts Badi Khagaul here Friday.
 
 |  The case took a twist when Naznin's lover, Mohammad Mahfooz, Friday lodged an   FIR (first information report) saying it was an honour killing.
 Patna   Superintendent of Police Kim Sharma said that Shamima Bano, mother of the   victim, was arrested Sunday after she confessed her involvement in the murder of   her daughter.
 
 According to a police official Kamod Prasad, Naznin was   first hit on the head while asleep and then strangulated.
 
 "Prima facie,   it appears that she was killed after she eloped with Mahfooz and married on   April 16 against parents' wishes," said Prasad.
 
 Mahffooz informed police   that Naznin had even filed a petition before the court of additional chief   judicial magistrate at Danapur on April 17, apprehending her parents might   eliminate her.
 
 Naznin and Mahffooz were studying in the same college in   Khagaul, where they fell in love and decided to get married.
 
 Police are   investigating the case to ascertain role of other family members in the   killing.
 
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