"honour-killing"

The prime reason behind the incident is said to be the alleged relationship of the victims against the will of the girl's family.

A girl and her boyfriend were allegedly killed by her family and the bodies of the couple thrown into the Chambal river in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh

Ten persons were arrested by the Petbasheerabad police in connection with the murder of a DJ operator on March 1 in Hyderabad

A 28 year-old man was killed allegedly by the relatives of his girlfriend at Petbasheerabad on Wednesday night

In a suspected case of honour killing, a woman and her lover were killed allegedly by her brother and their bodies dumped in a drain in Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh, police said.

A father allegedly beat his minor daughter to death for having a love affair in the city on Friday.

Sangareddy: In what appears to be a case of honour killing, a 18-year-old boy was strangulated to death by the family members of a girl with whom he was in love. His body was dumped in the Musi river, downstream of Hussain Sagar. The victim was identified as Soppari Shiva Kumar (18) son of Bala […]

Basti: In a case of apparent honour killing in a village of Basti district, an 18-year-old youth and a girl were allegedly killed after they were reportedly found in an objectionable position. Both belonged to different faiths and were in a relationship. According to reports, the girl’s family allegedly killed the couple and buried her […]

Hyderabad: The KPHB police on Saturday arrested three persons in the suspected honour killing case of software engineer S.Venkata Narayan Reddy reported two weeks ago. The arrested persons were G Srinivas Reddy (20) from Saroornagar, K Sai Rao (20), an electrician from Prakasam of Andhra Pradesh and Shaik Aashiq (20), a student from Kukatpally. The […]

Chennai: In another case of honour killing in Tamil Nadu, a person hacked to death his sister and her husband. The dastardly act took place at Kumbakonam in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu on Monday evening. The deceased is Saranya (24) and her husband Mohan (31). Saranya who is a Dalit married Mohan, of Naicker […]

Hyderabad: All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday condemned the honour killing incident that took place in Saroornagar in Telangana and termed it as a “criminal act” as per constitution and Islam. While addressing the public in Hyderabad, Telangana, he said, “We condemn the (honour killing) incident that took place in Saroornagar. […]

Lahore: In another suspected case of honour killing in Pakistan, a 21-year-old woman has allegedly been shot dead by her brother for pursuing dancing and modelling as a career in Punjab province. Sidra, a native of Renala Khurd Okara, 130 km from provincial capital Lahore, was modelling for a local clothing brand and danced in […]

Hyderabad: Police in Telangana’s Rajanna Sircilla district has foiled an “honour killing” with the arrest of a two-member gang hired by a man to eliminate his daughter’s lover. Neelam Srinivas had struck a deal with a killer-for-hire gang for Rs 5 lakh to eliminate Manoj Kumar, who was continuing an affair with his daughter even […]

Hyderabad: In a suspected case of honour killing, a newlywed couple was attacked with an iron rod, killing the man on the spot and injuring his wife in Saroornagar on Wednesday night. The couple identified as B Nagaraju (25), a private employee and Syed Ashrin Sultana alias Pallavi (23), a homemaker, both residents of Marpally […]

Banda: The father and the brother of a 17-year-old girl, whose body was exhumed for postmortem, have been arrested in a case of honour killing, police here said on Saturday. The postmortem report has confirmed that the girl, a resident of Gurha Kala village, was strangled to death, they said. In the investigation conducted so […]

Yadadri-Bhongir: In a shocking case of honour killing, a suspended home guard Erukala Ramakrishna Goud from Bhongir was brutally killed by a supari gang who buried his body at Lakadaram village in Siddipet district. The gang was engaged by a VRO Pallepati Venkatesh Mudiraj for marrying his daughter against his wishes. The Bhongir police reportedly […]

Warangal: In what can be termed as ‘honour killing’, a woman with the help of her mother allegedly killed her daughter for having an ‘affair’ with a man from a lower caste at Parvathagiri village in the district. While the two tried to project the death as suicide in the early hours of November 20, […]

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The teenagers, aged 16 and 18, were friends for the past few months and the girl's father had strongly objected to their relationship.

According to police, the family had hired a contract killer, Varun Tiwari, and paid him Rs 1.5 lakh to eliminate the woman over her relationship with a Muslim man.