Gaya: While the world is celebrating the season of love during the valentine’s week, a couple in Bihar’s Gaya, lost their lives at the hands of their own family members. In the shocking incident reported, a couple identified as Soni and Vikas Paswan, belonging to different communities and castes wanted to[Read More…]
Tag: Honour Killing
“Constitution fails when a cartoonist is jailed for sedition”, says Justice D Y Chandrachud
While speaking at the Justice Desai Memorial Lecture at the Bombay High Court organized by the Bombay Bar Association, Justice D Y Chandrachud laid stress on power of Indian Constitution but how it is attempted to be strangled by some. Beginning the lecture in the same court where once Balgangadhar Tilak was[Read More…]
Rajasthan Police to rescue runaway couples; will provide shelter & security
In a sigh of relief to the runaway couples, soon Rajasthan police will set up a shelter home to protect ‘love birds’ who face conflict from parents after marrying against their wishes. The police will launch a helpline to provide immediate assistance to such couples in case they are in[Read More…]
Ground Report: #JusticeForAnjana – Police continue to harass victim’s family; father remains in jail
Bihar’s Patwa Toli – Once a breeding ground of IITians, turning into a den of gruesome murder.
Gaya Murder: Family of murdered teenage girl alleges victimisation by police
The murder of teenage girl, Anjana Kumari of Gaya is still unfolding as her two sisters have cried foul against the police investigation. The alleged case of honour killing is yet to yield the truth. Elder sister of the murdered girl has alleged that she was forced by a lady[Read More…]
Bihar: Murder of teenage girl in Gaya turns out to be ‘Honour Killing’
Gaya: Murder of Anjana Kumari, Gaya based girl is no more a mystery as it is an established fact that its a case of honour killing. According to police, her father along with his family friends conspired to kill her. Her body was mutilated and face burnt with acid was recovered[Read More…]
Karnataka: 3-Month pregnant woman stabbed to death, honour killing suspected
In an alleged caste killing case, a three-month pregnant woman identified as Renuka Shakarappa Nayak, was stabbed to death in hone in Karnataka’s Vijayapura district. Investigators in charge of the case suspect that Renuka’s mother, Marevva, allegedly killed her daughter as she had married a man who did not belong to the same[Read More…]
Pakistani teen, boyfriend beheaded by father for ‘honour’
An 18-year-old girl was beheaded along with her 21-year-old boyfriend in Pakistan by her father and uncle in what the police are calling yet another incident of honour killing, the media reported on Monday. The incident took place in a small village in Attock district when the man arrived at[Read More…]
Honour killing: Family killed as son eloped with girl from other caste in Bihar
In a shocking case of honor killing, a couple was shot dead in Kaimur district of southwest Bihar as their son eloped with a girl of another caste to marry her. The couple’s two daughters were also injured in the attack. The incident happened at Mubarakpur village in Mohania police[Read More…]
Honour killing: Man kills daughter, her lover after finding them in compromising position
In a horrific case of honour killing, a man allegedly slayed his daughter and her lover in Ginnaur area at Sambhal, police said on Monday. The incident happened as Achhan Qureishi, the father on Sunday night found his 16-year-old daughter missing from home. As he went out to look for[Read More…]
Nitish Katara case: Supreme Court sentences Vikas, Vishal Yadav to 25 years of imprisonment
The Supreme Court has awarded 25 years of imprisonment to the convicts in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case on Monday. The main convicts in the case are Vikas Yadav, son of gangster-turned-politician DP Yadav, his cousin Vishal and their aide Sukhdev Pehalwan. Sukhdev has been awarded 20 years in[Read More…]