Lucknow: Girl smothered, left to die
The victim Ankita (name changed) of Banaskantha district in Gujarat was brought to Lucknow by her parents on March 12 on the pretext that she would be married here. The parents along with a family friend and his maid took Ankita to the Kukrail picnic spot. They gave her some poisonous substance to drink and then tried to strangle her. Thinking that Ankita had died they left her there and sped away.