One Held in Delhi Honour Killing Case
In Delhi honour killing case, one person has been taken into custody and is said to be have supplied the weapons used in the murder, said media reports.
Yesterday, police had released the photographs of the three suspects, two of whom were cousins and the third was a close friend.
Trio set about to punish the women in their family for daring to marry men of their choice.
On Monday, a relative of the couple – Kuldeep and Monica – killed a day earlier was found dead in a car in Ashok Vihar.
Shoba, Monica’s cousin, was discovered in a black Santro and the smell of her rotting flesh alarmed a parking lot attendant.
Monica had defied her family by marrying a man from a different caste. Shobha had helped her elope. Both their brothers had not been seen after Monica and Kuldeep were killed.
According to police officials, Shobha, Monica and Kuldeep were all shot on Sunday night.
Monica and Shobha belonged to a village named Wazirpur in North West Delhi. Here, where their parents still live, their deaths cause no regret – the popular opinion is that the girls had crossed carefully-drawn lines, corrective action had to follow.
(Based on internet reports)
