The Tribune – Girl killed for marrying against family’s wishes

Bhanu P Lohumi, Tribune News Service

Panipat, October 28. A management student of Panipat was allegedly done to death by her family members for marrying a boy of another caste against their wishes. The police has booked five persons in this connection. The girl, Indu Sharma, a Brahmin, and the boy, Ajay Rohal, a Jat, had eloped and got married on October 10 in a court, much to the annoyance of the girl’s parents.

Indu died under mysterious circumstances yesterday and she was cremated in a hurried manner. Accusing his in-laws of murdering Indu, Ajay claimed that there were injury marks on Indu’s face and her family members had used petrol to burn the body.

“Indu remained with me for two days after the marriage and her parents took her away on October 12 but the police did not act. Even after I told the police about her death and the subsequent cremation, they were slow to act. The family members lit the pyre when I reached the cremation ground along with the police, which allowed the body to burn, thwarting the possibility of a post mortem,” Ajay alleged.

Ajay alleged that Indu’s parents pretended that they had reconciled to the marriage and took her home on the pretext of marrying her according to rituals on October 24.

“But it was a conspiracy hatched by them and instead of getting information about the marriage, I got a call from my friend, who told me about her death,” said Ajay.

Ajay has filed a complaint against five persons, including the father, the mother, two brothers and an uncle of the girl.

Police station in charge, Model Town, Jitendra Rana, said a case has been registered against five persons and some people had been rounded up.

When asked why the post mortem was not conducted and the cremation not stopped, he said the body had already been burnt by the time they reached the cremation ground.

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The Tribune – Father, uncle held for honour killing

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, September 13. A girl in her twenties was allegedly strangulated to death by her father and her uncle in Jandiala this morning for family honour.

Accused Balwinder Singh and Baldev Singh have been arrested under Section 302. The girl, studying in BA, belonged to a well-off Mazhbi Sikh family. She was reportedly in love with a Jat Sikh boy. The lovers wanted to tie the knot but this was opposed by the girl’s family.

Jandiala SHO Arun Sharma said the lovers had been seeing each other for the past eight months.

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The Tribune – Schoolgirl dies in mysterious circumstances

Kulwinder Sandhu, Tribune News Service

Moga, September 5. Pal Kaur, 18, died under mysterious circumstances at Lande village in Moga district yesterday. Her body was hastily cremated by her family members.

The principal of the school where she was studying had found a mobile phone in her bag and informed her parents about it.

The phone was reportedly gifted to her by her boyfriend.

The school principal said that during routine checking last Thursday, five students were found carrying mobile phones. “I called up their parents to inform them about the matter as mobile phones are banned in government schools,” he said. On being grilled, Pal Kaur reportedly confessed to her parents that the phone had been gifted to her by school dropout Jodha Singh, also of Lande village. Her parents then reportedly quizzed the boy.

Pal Kaur was found dead in her bedroom under mysterious circumstances yesterday. On hearing of the girl’s death, Jodha allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison. His body was cremated on Wednesday. Samalsar police station in charge Darshan Singh said no post-mortem could be conducted as the girl’s family had cremated the body without informing the police.

Village sarpanch Gurmukh Singh said he was not informed about the incident. The police has begun inquest proceedings.

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The Tribune – Man held for killing daughter; A Jat, she had married a Ramgarhia boy

Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, August 21. A Jat girl who got married to a Ramgarhia boy eight months ago was allegedly murdered by her kin in Dhiangarh village for bringing “disrepute” to the family.

Police sources said the girl was murdered on the night of July 12 and her body hastily cremated by her father.

Balkar Singh Sidhu, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Hoshiarpur, said the victim, Bhupinderjit Kaur, fell in love with Manjinder Singh, a folk singer.The lovers tied the knot at the Ramgarhia gurdwara here despite opposition from the girl’s family.

Bhupinderjit’s father Makhan Singh, in a fit of rage, allegedly poured kerosene on his daughter on the night of July 12 and set her on fire. He was accompanied by Harcharan Singh of Samrala.

Inspector Sukhpal Singh, Station House Officer of the Mehtiana police station, received information about the crime and immediately raided Makhan Singh’s house. But instead of registering a case, he allegedly took Rs 7.80 lakh from the family to hush up the case.

The SSP said the matter was probed by the Chabbewal Deputy Superintendent of Police and it was in the basis of his report that Makhan Singh had been arrested.

He said Inspector Sukhpal Singh had been suspended and a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act registered against him.

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The Tribune – Runaway couples; Suspected honour killing; Youth beaten to death

Mohit Khanna and Mahesh Sharma, Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, July 9. In a suspected case of honour killing, a 23-year-old youth from Jodhan was allegedly beaten to death by his beloved’s kin last evening.

Sukhwant Singh was reportedly attacked by Kuldeep Singh and his accomplices Kulveer Singh of Dullo Kalan village, Nonni of Narangwal village and two more on the village outskirts. The victim succumbed to his injuries late in the evening.

Rachhpal Singh Dhindsa, Jodhan Station House Officer, said on the complaint of the victim’s brother Surjinder Singh, they had booked the girl’s father Balwinder Singh, her brother Kuldeep, Kulveer, Nonni and two more persons yet to be identified under Section 302, IPC.

Sukhwant, who was a carpenter, was in love with a girl of Dullo village, who belonged to an upper caste. The young couple met regularly. Surjinder claimed that his brother had told the girl’s father that if he objected to their getting married, they would elope. Sukhwant was allegedly waylaid while returning home from work. He was thrashed mercilessly.

The attackers left the spot believing him to be dead. A badly injured Sukhwant somehow called his brother for help on the cell phone. He was rushed to a private hospital on Pakhowal Road from there he was sent to the Civil Hospital. When his condition worsened, he was rushed to the CMC Hospital.Sukhwant had multiple fractures on the legs. His spinal cord was smashed and his hands were broken. He breathed his last at the hospital.

Chandigarh: Counselling and mediation is gradually ending the hatred for love and bringing the runaway couples back to their families. An affidavit submitted today with the Punjab and Haryana High Court by the State of Punjab provides a testimony to this effect. The affidavit, submitted by Punjab Undersecretary in the Department of Home Affairs and Justice Sewa Singh said nothing less than 368 matters had been resolved through counselling and mediation. Out of these, as many as 122 cases were resolved in Mohali alone.

The affidavit states that 40 runaway couples took refuge in 22 shelter homes across the state and 53 couples opted for marriage registration. Taking cognisance of the violence brought about by love marriages, the HC has already ensured judicial shelter for runaway couples by directing the district and sessions judges in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh to pass necessary orders on their plea for protection.

The matter was brought under the scanner by Justice Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, after he took suo motu cogniance of the issue. Justice Ahluwalia had made it clear that the high court wanted the state to evolve a “compassionate” mechanism to redress the grievances of the couples and the parents, and reduce the backlog.

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The Tribune – Couple done to death

Mahesh Sharma

Raikot, July 5. Jagtar Singh and Kulwant Kaur of Phullewal village in Baghapurana, who had married against the wishes of their parents two months ago, were kidnapped by Kulwant’s father Gurpal Singh and his accomplices on July 1 and killed.

While Kulwant’s body was fished out of a canal near Ghalia Khurd that of Jagtar is yet to be found. A police team led by SHO Dilbagh Singh, has arrested Gurpal Singh and two of his accomplices, Gurmeet Singh and Gurjant Singh Janta.

Apprehending danger to their life, Jagtar and Kulwant would keep moving from one place to another. They had temporarily settled in a locality here about 10 days ago. Jagtar’s family had finally accepted the two as a couple.

The police began investigations after Jagtar’s father Gurcharan Singh lodged a complaint.

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The Tribune – Man held for killing daughter, boyfriend

Tarn Taran, June 15. In an alleged case of honour killing, a girl and her boyfriend were strangled to death by family members of the girl at Booh village and their bodies buried near a bank of the Beas river.

The police has arrested the girl’s father Avtar Singh, while other accused are still at large.

The deceased have been identified as Gurpreet Kaur and Harjit Singh, residents of the same village. Both the victims wanted to marry each other, but the girl’s parents were against the move.

Harjit Singh was living in the heart of the village, while the girl was residing with her parents at a farmhouse on the outskirts of the village.

On June 13 midnight, Harjit went to see Gurpreet Kaur near her house and when both were talking to each other, Avtar Singh saw them. He first thrashed Harjit and then called other family members, who decided to kill both. The accused strangled them to death and buried their bodies under the sand near Deeneke village close to the Beas.

When Harjit’s father Mukhtar Singh learnt about the incident, he informed the Harike police. Harike SHO Sawinder Singh said both the bodies had been exhumed from the spot and sent for post mortem examination at Civil Hospital, Patti.

A case under Sections 302, 201, 120B, 34 of the IPC has been registered against Avtar Singh, Raghbir Singh, girl’s grandfather, Ravel Singh and Surjit Singh (both maternal uncles).

The SHO said main accused Avtar Singh had been taken into custody while the remaining accused were absconding.

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The Tribune – Police claims to foil honour killing, 4 held

Manish Sirhindi, Tribune News Service

Karnal, May 19. The district police today claimed to have foiled a bid to kill a girl of Sneek village in Panipat district for having eloped with a schoolteacher of the same village by arresting four persons, including the girl’s father, who had procured a country-made pistol from Muzaffarnagar in UP to kill the two.

District police chief Sushank Anand said a special police team arrested four persons from Meerut road in the morning and seized a country-made pistol from them.

On being interrogated, the four told the police that they belonged to Sneekh village in Panipat district.

They said the daughter of Rajinder Singh had recently eloped with Surinder, a teacher at a private school in the village. This had not gone down with the villagers, who, in order to teach the two a lesson, had decided to kill them.

The SSP said though the girl had returned to the village, the whereabouts of the school teacher were still not known. The villagers were planning to first trace the teacher and then kill them both.

Incidentally, neither the girl’s family nor any of the villagers had informed the police about the elopement of the two as they intended to settle the matter among themselves.

The SSP said a case under various sections of the law had been registered against the four persons who had been placed under arrest.

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The Tribune – Newlywed couple attacked, man killed

Parmod Bharti

Nawanshahr, April 16. In what appears to be a case of honour killing, a newlywed couple was fired at from close range at a restaurant near Balachaur on the Chandigarh-Nawanshahr highway today. Ranjit Singh (28) of Sham Nagar, Majitha, was killed on the spot. His wife Jasmeet Kaur (24) was injured.

Ranjit Singh, his wife and mother Gurmit Kaur were coming from Barhu Sahib (Himachal Pardesh) in a car (PB-02-Y- 4777).

They were forced to halt on the way because of a flat tyre.

As a mechanic repaired the tyre, the three went to a nearby restaurant for lunch. When they returned, a Swift car with three occupants, their faces covered, opened fire at Ranjit, killing him instantly.

Jasmeet Kaur was injured in the firing.

The couple had reportedly got married in court on February 29 this year.

The Balachaur police, on the statement of the victim’s mother, has registered a case against Gurnam Singh and Gurdev Singh, both brothers, of Faridewala village in Ferozepur and Dalbir Singh, Jasmeet’s cousin, said Dharam Singh Uppal, SP(D).

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The Tribune – Honour killing: Ludhiana man kills sister, her lover

Mohit Khanna, Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, February 1. In an apparent case of honour killing, a son of a Congress worker allegedly killed his 25-year-old sister and her ‘lover’ by shooting them from a point blank range.

The incident took place at Hambran village, around 20 km from Ludhiana, early in the morning today when the accused, identified as Barjinder Singh, allegedly sprayed bullets on the ‘couple’ after “spotting them in a compromising position in his house.”

The victims have been identified as Navdeep Kaur, daughter of Teja Singh Gill, adviser in the District Congress Committee, and Harpreet Singh Johal, alias Happy (25), from Thrike village. The police said Teja Singh, his wife Shinder Kaur and younger son Harjinder Singh (18) had gone to visit a relative in Kishanpura village near Moga. Navdeep and her brother Barjinder were alone in the house.

Navdeep and Happy reportedly planned to meet. Happy entered the house at midnight by scaling the boundary wall.

At around 4:30 am, Barjinder woke up after his two pet dogs were barking continuously. He was surprised to see them caged.

Barjinder told the police that he suspected some thieves might have trespassed into the house. He immediately pulled out a .32 revolver, which is in his father’s name, and started inspecting the house.

It was then he spotted the couple in a compromising position in the drawing room. “In a fit of rage, he pumped four bullets into Happy’s body and then shot Navdeep in her temple,” said investigating officer Swarn Singh. A close aide of Teja Singh, who was sleeping in the office located outside the house, rushed to the crime site after hearing gunshots.

According to Hambran Chowki in charge Sarabjit Singh, after killing the duo, Barjinder reportedly informed his father and mother about the incident. Later, he surrendered before the police and confessed to the killings.

Teja Singh and other members of the family feigned ignorance and claimed that they had no clue about the “affair” going on between the boy and the girl.

“We were planning to marry off out daughter in Canada and had even zeroed down on two, three suitable boys for her,” claimed Teja.

However, the boy’s family had a different tale to tell. Happy’s father Bhupinder Singh Johal and his brother Maninder Singh told the police that the girl and the boy were in a relationship. Navdeep’s family was aware of it, claimed the duo.

“What was the need of killing my son. The family could have at least informed me. My son was well educated. He had done BCA, PGDCA and was about to leave for Canada. I had told the girl’s family to wait for a year for marriage. The girl’s family was against the marriage, as they are rich,” rued Bhupinder Singh.

Firearm in house raises brows  

The presence of a revolver in the Congress leader’s house has raised many eyebrows. According to election commission guidelines, those having arms were directed to deposit them with the police. But Teja Singh, it is said, did not follow the guidelines.

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