The father and uncle of a 19-year-old girl who tortured her and her boyfriend to death were sent to two days police custody here on Tuesday, with the uncle saying he did not regret the brutal murders. The unrepentant uncle, Om Prakash, said defiantly that he did not regret the death of Asha and Yogesh Kumar, after they insisted on getting married while belonging to different castes.
The police described the horrific murders as honour killing. The couple was found dead Monday at Om Prakash’s house in north Delhi’s Swaroop Nagar with multiple stab wounds and clear signs that they had been tortured. The police said the girl’s father, Suraj Kumar Saini, and Om Prakash were arrested late on Monday and they confessed to the double murder. Metropolitan magistrate Smita Gupta remanded them to police custody till June 17. “We want more time to interrogate the two, hence we asked for their police custody,” an officer said.
Deputy commissioner of police N.S. Bundela said that prima facie five people were involved in the murders. —IANS
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Communal clashes kill 1, injure 6
Greater Noida, June 15: Heavy security was deployed in Kalonda village of Greater Noida on Tuesday and several people were detained after one person was killed and six critically injured in a communal clash a day earlier, the police said on Tuesday. A heavy force, comprising five companies of Provinicial Armed Constabulary (PAC) and police, were deployed in the wake of the clashes that occurred between two communities late Monday. A group from one community, reportedly armed with pistols, opened fire on members of the other community, the police said. One person was killed while six were critically injured. Over two dozen dung hutments were also reduced to ashes by setting them on fire, sources in the village said. The wounded were rushed to Naveen Hospital in Dadri, where the condition of one was said to be serious. —IANS