Man killed for honour in Jhajjar, girl’s father held

Victim had gone to meet his girlfriend when her family attacked him

ROHTAK: In an apparent incident of honour killing, a 23-year-old man was beaten to death by his girlfriend’s family members after he was caught meeting her at her residence late Sunday night.

The incident occurred in Gangtan village of Jhajjar district. The deceased identified as Sumit Singh — a resident of Jhajjar’s Dighal village — was studying at a private academy in Rohtak.

The police said that Sumit had gone out on the pretext of irrigating his agriculture fields in the village outskirts on Sunday night.

However, he secretly went to meet his girlfriend at her house in

the adjacent village. The family members of the woman, who is in her early 20s, saw them together and thrashed Sumit with ‘lathis’ that led to his death.

One of their neighbours, who heard Sumit’s cries for help, informed the cops, who reached the spot only to find Sumit dead at

the girl’s house.

Sumit’s family members said they got a call on Monday morning informing them about their son’s death.

Based on Sumit’s uncle Ramesh Singh’s complaint, the police have booked girl’s father, mother, uncle and aunt on the murder charges.

The police said that girl’s father, Sanjay Singh, is a retired Delhi Police cop.”

He, along with his brother and sister-in-law, was arrested and produced in court on Monday.

Beri police station in-charge Sandeep Singh said the accused confessed to having committed the crime.

“They said they took it as an insult that Sumit secretly came to meet their daughter late night. They claimed that they did not intend to kill him, but the injuries led to his death,” Sandeep said.

Incidents of honour killings are common in this part of Haryana and are de facto under the governance of Khap panchayats, who prohibit inter-caste and same ‘gotra’ (clan) marriages.