In a suspected case of “honour killing”, a person was brutally murdered allegedly by his brother-in-law right here as he was “opposed” to his sister’s marriage to an individual belonging to a different faith, police mentioned on Thursday.
The incident occurred on Wednesday evening at Saroornagar, when the person, in his mid-20s, was travelling on a motorcycle together with his spouse when two individuals on a scooter stopped them on the street and attacked him in full public view, they mentioned.
The accused, the person’s brother-in-law and his relative, pushed him to the bottom and beat him up indiscriminately with rods and stabbed him with a knife, leading to his spot dying, police mentioned.
The deceased and his spouse belong to completely different religions they usually cherished one another and received married in January this yr towards the desires of the girl’s members of the family, police mentioned.
Based on preliminary investigation, a senior police official advised PTI that the girl’s brother was towards her getting married to an individual belonging to a different faith and determined to “eliminate” the person.
The girl advised TV channels that 5 individuals attacked her husband on street and that she knew him (her husband) since over 11 years.
The man’s father mentioned his daughter-in-law’s brother was against their marriage.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (L B Nagar Division) P Sreedhar Reddy mentioned the girl’s brother and his relative have been taken into custody in reference to the homicide and an interrogation was on.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”