Dharamshala, April 17 -- Grieving father of the 19-year-old girl murdered in Mandi has demanded death penalty for the accused.

"We have lost our daughter and we should be given justice. He (the accused) should receive the death penalty. We want the truth to emerge regarding why she was brutally killed in this manner," said the girl's father Joginder Singh, a truck driver who works in Baddi (Solan).

The 19-year-old victim, a college student, was brutally murdered on Monday morning in the Sarkaghat sub-division of Mandi district. The victim, identified as Siya Guleria, of Nain village, was on her way to college. According to reports, an assailant intercepted her and slit her throat with a sickle. He also stabbed her multiple times in the ...