Two held for sister’s honour killing

Dehradun | Sunday | 20th May, 2018

Summary:

ROORKEE: Police on Sunday arrested two men for the honour killing of their 25-year-old sister. When the woman came to meet their relative in Abdipur village in Haridwar district on Friday, the two brothers attacked the woman. The two brothers had on Friday hacked their sister to death for marrying a man from the Gujjar community against the wish of the family members. “The brothers felt that she brought disgrace to the family and so they hacked her to death with a spade.” The two brothers have been arrested under section 302 (murder) of Indian Penal Code.Police said that the girl, Preeti Singh, got married three years ago but the couple left the village after that..