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Killed for eloping : Girl lynched by family, boy beheaded

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Killed for eloping : Girl lynched by family, boy beheaded in Haryana village, girl's parents arrested

Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Updated: September 19, 2013 20:24 IST

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The village in Rohtak, Haryana, where a young couple was killed on Wednesday

Rohtak: On Wednesday evening, a village in Haryana looked on as a girl was lynched by her family, and a boy beheaded. Hours ago, they had returned to the village, thinking that their families would finally allow them to marry.

Her parents and uncle have been arrested and her brother is missing since the crime, a shocking example of medieval-style killings in the name of 'family honour' in Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda's hometown, Rohtak, and in a village just 80 km from the capital.

Without showing a shred of remorse, the girl's father said, "I have no regrets. I'll do it again, if I have to."

Nidhi Barak, 20, and Dharmender Barak, 22, eloped and went to neighbouring Delhi on Tuesday. Their families in the Gharnavati village did not approve of the relationship, as both were from the same village. Nidhi was a student of fine arts, while Dharmender was pursuing a technical course.

Nidhi's parents allegedly persuaded her to come back, promising not to harm the young lovers.

The police say what followed was a savage assault on the couple at Nidhi's home, ending with their death. The girl was beaten to death in full public view. The boy was brutally beaten and his arms and legs broken, before he was beheaded. His headless body was allegedly dumped at a public square in the village.

Both families have justified the murders.

"What happened was wrong, but if a father took such a big step there must be a reason," the girl's aunt has said. Dharmender's family has refused to file a case, saying whatever happened was 'right'.

The family of the girl was allegedly caught in the act of cremating her, when a police team arrived. They had been alerted by a villager. The police then took the girl's half-burnt body and the boy's remains for a post-mortem.

Police say relatives of both the girl and the boy are on the run. Murders like these are chillingly common in villages of Haryana bound by the diktats of lawless 'Khap panchayats' who forbid marriages within the same village or same caste. Even political parties are wary of taking on these groups.

The Haryana Human Rights Commission has taken note of the horrific killings and asked for a report from the police.

 

Indian woman, 20, tortured and lynched by her family and her boyfriend beheaded in horrific honour killing

  • Nidhi Barak and boyfriend Dharmender Barak, 23, were killed last night
  • Locals in Gharnavati village, Haryana, watched the grisly scene unfold
  • They had eloped to Delhi but were lured back with promises they could wed
  • Police arrived to find the girl's family cremating her body on a pyre
  • The girls parents and uncle were arrested but other family members fled
  • The boyfriend's body was allegedly dumped outside his parents' home
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER PUBLISHED: 11:30 GMT, 19 September 2013 | UPDATED: 16:27 GMT, 19 September 2013

A young Indian woman was beaten to death by members of her own family and her boyfriend beheaded in an horrific honour killing after they were lured back to their village thinking were going to be allowed to marry. Nidhi Barak, 20, a fine arts student, and Dharmender Barak, 23, who was studying at technical college, were killed last night as locals in Gharnavati village in the Indian state of Haryana watched on.The pair had eloped to nearby Delhi on Tuesday because their families did not approve of their relationship.

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Gruesome: The body of one of the two honor killing victims lies under a sheet in Gharnavati village in the Indian state of Haryana


But they had been lured back with promises that they would not be harmed and would finally be allowed to marry. Miss Barak's parents and uncle have been arrested and police are now trying to trace her brother and other family members who disappeared missing since the crime.

According to police the couple were tortured for several hours at Miss Barak's home before she was beaten to death in full public view.Dharmender Barak was beaten and his arms and legs broken, before he was beheaded. His body was allegedly dumped near his family's home at a public square in the village.Police, who had been alerted by a villager, reportedly caught Miss Barak's family cremating her body on a pyre.

Her half-burnt body and that of Dharmender Barak have been sent for a post-mortem.Local police chief Anil Kumar said: 'While murdering the boy they also beheaded him.'We have arrested her father, mother and uncle and we are looking for her brother, a friend and driver of the car in which the couple were brought back to her home in Gharnavati village.'Both belonged to the same village and the same caste. It is an honour killing but the murder was not approved by society.'

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Police say they discovered the girl's parents cremating her body on a pyre. The body of the boyfriend was dumped outside his family home


India has for centuries seen killings that often target young couples who have relationships of which their families, clans or communities, particularly in traditional rural areas, disapprove.Reasons for disapproval are numerous, but they sometimes include having relationships outside of their caste or religion.The killings are carried out by relatives to protect the family's reputation and pride. Police in Haryana have been conducting a campaign against honour killings in the state, where the sex-gender ratio is skewed in favour of men because of an outlawed but still existing tradition of female infanticide.

'We hold seminars and our women officers visit villages but the ultimate weapon against the scourge of honour killings is (more) education,' Kumar said.
India's Supreme Court said in 2010 that the death penalty should be given to those found guilty of honour killings, calling the crime a barbaric 'slur' on the nation.There are no official figures on honour killings in India, but the All India Democratic Women's Association says its research shows about 1,000 such cases nationwide a year.

 
Whats wrong for two lovers from the same village to fall in love and marry?

Surely the deceased were from different families and may only share the surname.

There is no issue of INCEST, unless of course they were from the same parents or off-spring of another parent via another marriage.

Is it wrong for Koh and Koh to get married?

There is something very wrong with India. Looks like the British left these medieaval people far too early.

Truly, INCREDIBLE INDIA
 

Indian man who killed daughter for 'honour' has no regrets


AFP September 21, 2013, 2:06 am

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NEW DELHI (AFP) - The Indian father who killed his daughter and beheaded her boyfriend after they eloped has declared he feels no remorse over the "honour killings", media reports said Friday.

The young couple from India's northern state of Haryana were beaten to death Wednesday by the father and other relatives of the 20-year-old woman "to protect the family and village honour", police said.

After killing the man, 22, using sticks, the attackers beheaded him. They also tried to burn the woman's body but were stopped by police.

The woman's family disapproved of the three-year relationship because the couple belonged to the same caste and were "considered brother and sister", police said.

The father, who has since been taken into custody, showed no signs of remorse over the brutal killings as he spoke to local reporters in Haryana's Rohtak district.

The woman's mother and uncle have also been arrested and police said they were searching for a brother.

"I have done nothing wrong. I have cleaned up a social wrong," the father, Billu Pehlwan, a dog breeder by profession, was quoted as saying by the Times of India and other newspapers.

The NDTV network showed him saying: "I would do it again. I have no regrets."

India has for centuries seen killings that often target young couples who have relationships which are disapproved of by their families, clans or communities, particularly in traditional rural areas.

The killings are carried out by close relatives or village elders to protect what is seen as the family's reputation and pride.

The dead woman was studying to be an art teacher while her boyfriend was a student at a local college.

They were on their way to the capital New Delhi, about 70 kilometres (40 miles) from Rohtak, when they were tracked down and hauled back to their village.

The deaths were slammed by women's groups who said political leaders must step in to stem the tide of honour killings.

"We need a whole debate on tradition, on honour. This girl was lynched by her own family, the boy was beheaded," Subhashini Ali, head of the All India Democratic Women's Association and a communist politician, told NDTV network.

"Why are the netas (politicians) staying silent over this gruesome incident?"

There are no official figures on honour killings, but the association says its research shows about 1,000 such cases nationwide a year.

India's Supreme Court said in 2010 that the death penalty should be given to those found guilty of honour killings, calling the crime a barbaric "slur" on the nation.

Last year, five members of a family were sentenced to death for the torture and "brutal" murder of a young couple from Delhi in another such "honour killing".

Autopsy reports revealed the couple had been tied with ropes, beaten with metal pipes and electrocuted.

Many cases go unreported, with police and local politicians turning a blind eye to what some see as an acceptable form of traditional justice by families seeking to protect what they see as their honour.

 
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