Suspected honour killing in Bhiwani

Sat Singh

Tribune News Service

Bhiwani, June 29

A case of suspected honour killing has come to light today in Jamalpur village of the district after a 19-year-old girl was cremated discreetly by her family yesterday.

The girl, identified as Pooja Devi, was pursuing JBT from a college in Tosham.

The matter came to light when the police were informed that a girl’s body was placed on the burning pyre of Naresh Kumar of the village, who had allegedly committed suicide earlier in the day. When the police asked the parents of the deceased, they said she had committed suicide by consuming poison.

Sources said the girl was confined inside the house by her parents after she had eloped with a boy from Kalanur village of Rohtak district three months ago. Some of the villagers also said the parents of the girl had bundled her body in car for taking it to the crematorium.

Naresh Kumar, girl’s uncle, had also consumed poison yesterday and he was cremated by his family members without informing the police. Ramesh Kumar, Bawani Khera SHO, said a case under Sections 302 and 201 had been registered against the family members of the girl.

He said samples had been collected from the pyre of the deceased for examination.