Hisar: Two cases of alleged honour killings have been reported from Haryana, a state which has gained notoriety for the ghastly crime. In the first case a father allegedly murdered his daughter as he was opposed to her relationship with a boy from the same village while in the other case a young man was beaten to death by the girl's family.
According to the police, in the first case the girl was a resident of Baas village in Hisar district girl. She was reportedly in a relationship with her classmate and when her father opposed her affair, she eloped with her boyfriend.
The lovers were traced by the police and brought back to the village. Fearing for her life, the girl refused to return to her family. Later, she was sent to a safe house following a court order from where she was transferred to a women welfare centre in Karnal after two days.
However, her paternal aunt took guarantee for her safety and the welfare centre allowed the girl to go with her. But after 13 days the girl's grandfather and father reached her aunt's house and assured her that she would be safe with them. So, her aunt allowed her to return to her parents' home.
But on the night of May 4 when the girl was watching TV then her father and maternal uncle allegedly entered the room while her mother kept a watch outside. The girl's father and uncle then strangulated her.
After the family members failed to depose off the body in the night, they secretly took it to out in the morning and cremated it.
However, a police constable came to know about the incident and filed a complaint following which the girl's father, mother and uncle were arrested and booked for murder. Police officials suspect that at least six people were involved in committing the crime.
In the second case a young man called Sonu, who lived in Kumharan in Hisar, was beaten to death by a few people. Sonu was reportedly having an affair with a girl who was his neighbour.
One day the girl's family members tricked Sonu into coming inside their house. They then tied him up and beat him up brutally with sticks, iron rods and stones.
Sonu had to be admitted in the ICU of a hospital following the beating. But he succumbed to his injures soon.
Police have arrested the girl's father and bother for killing Sonu.
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