Honour killing: Mother, 4 others of family sentenced to life

Gurgaon | Sunday | 20th May, 2018

Summary:

CHANDIGARH: A Sonipat court has sentenced five members of a family, including the victim’s mother, to life imprisonment in an honour killing case. However, after their interrogation, they arrested Preeti’s mother Rajbala and cousin Krishan Kumar. The court of additional sessions judge Sunita Grover gave the ruling after they were convicted of killing a 17-year-old girl in September 2016. Preeti’s family members decided to kill her after they found her with a boy of another village. After inquest proceedings, once the body was identified as that of Preeti, her were brothers arrested and a murder case registered against them at Gohana Sadar police station..