Thanjavur Superintendent of Police, G. Ravali Priya told IANS that both the accused, Sakthivel and Ranjith are in police custody and further investigation is on.
The Hindu-Muslim couple were classmates in school and college and were in love for more than five years even as her family was against the relationship. They got married in January this year against the wishes of her family members, police said.
Pritam's mother intervened in a bid to save her son. But, Narendra and his sons were unstoppable and they brutally assaulted her, causing her die instantaneously.
Jeypore: In a major breakthrough, the Koraput police on Tuesday arrested five persons in connection with a suspected case of ‘honour killing’. A couple, identified as Parsuram Muduli and Dhanamoti Muduli of Mundipadar village under Kotpad Tehsil, was found dead close to the railway tracks near Kusumi village in the district on June 21. Since […]
Sundergarh: Police on Wednesday detained a man for killing his daughter’s alleged boyfriend at Bejidihi village in Sundergarh. According to sources, the youth had reportedly eloped with Kisan’s daughter on Tuesday. When both of them returned to the village, Kisan allegedly attacked the youth after he refused to marry his daughter. Locals said, Kisan thrashed […]
Cuttack: Mysterious death of a minor girl who was also cremated by the family members in Gothapatana Village under Niali Block of Cuttack district has raised suspicion of honour killing allegedly over the love affair of the deceased. Following complaints, Niali police today detained the girl’s uncle, aunt along with two others from the family […]
Jagatsinghpur: Police today detained five persons in connection with the alleged murder of a woman whose body was recovered from Dhalatangagada forest range under Raghunathpur police limits of Jagatsinghpur district. The woman has been identified as Siku Sutar, daughter of Ajay Sutar, from Anolipatana village under Kujang police station here. Soon after the body was […]
Bhubaneswar: In a suspected case of honour killing, a 14-year-old girl was allegedly killed by her father in Pandesara of Surat. The accused, an employee in a textile weaving unit and a resident of Hariom Nagar in Pandesara, has been arrested after he allegedly strangulated his daughter to death. According to sources, the girl, a […]
Rourkela: A woman has been allegedly murdered by her parents in a suspected case of honor killing in Rourkela. The victim was identified as Amruta. The victim’s husband Nasim Khan on Thursday alleged that Amruta’s parents have killed her and discreetly cremated her body without informing him. According to reports, both Nasim and Amruta had […]
In a spine chilling case of honour killing, a couple in Goutami village under Digapahandi block in Ganjam district was arrested today on charges of beating their daughter to death after she refused to marry the man chosen by them and insisted on marrying the man of her choice
Kendrapara: In a suspected case of honour killing, a man allegedly killed his daughter and threw her body in a river at Patrapur village under Rajkanika block in the district. The deceased has been identified as Kanchan Sahoo. According to sources, some locals had witnessed Narayan Sahoo killing his daughter and throwing her body to […]
Bolangir: In a telling commentary on the tragic consequences of social stigma, the body of pregnant minor girl Gita Tanla, who was murdered by her father three days ago for marrying outside the caste, was thrown into a dumyard by the municipality officials as her relatives did not turn up to perform the last rites […]
Six persons, including a village head, were arrested on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in the murder of a lover duo in Dhakadapalli village under Maneru panchayat in this district
In yet another case of honour killing, a minor girl at Laxminagar village under Binjharpur police station limits in the district was killed by her own family members over her love affair with a youth
Hyderabad: In a shocking incident of honour killing in Telangana, parents allegedly murdered their 20-year-old daughter for marrying a youth from a different caste, police said on Sunday. The incident occurred in Kalamadugu village of Mancherial district, about 250 km from here. Police said P. Anuradha’s parents with the help of some other relatives brutally […]