Lucknow: Saharanpur range DIG Satish Kumar Mathur, who had on Wednesday sparked a controversy by advocating honour killing, was transferred by the authorities on Thursday. This came hours after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said he would take action against Mathur if the police officer had supported honour killing. "If that is the statement then that statement is wrong. If an official holds such high post and if that...
08:02 PM, May 10, 2012
New Delhi: A day after Saharanpur range DIG Satish Kumar Mathur sparked a controversy by advocating honour killing, the Uttar Pradesh government has promised action. Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said he would take action against Mathur if the police officer had supported honour killing. "If that is the statement then that statement is wrong. If an official holds such high post and if that person makes such statements, actions will...
12:59 PM, May 10, 2012
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order, Crime) Jagmohan Yadav said on Wednesday that he would look into the statements made by Saharanpur Range DIG Satish Kumar Mathur justifying honour killing. Yadav said that he had already spoken to Mathur once and will speak to him again to find out the truth. "I have spoken to the DIG once and will speak to him again...
12:59 PM, May 09, 2012
New Delhi: A top-ranking police official in Uttar Pradesh has sparked a controversy by openly advocating honour killings. The official in question is Satish Kumar Mathur, the DIG of Saharanpur Range. Mathur was caught on camera saying that if his own sister ever eloped he would kill her or commit suicide. Mathur made this shocking statement when he was routinely inspecting police stations and met a man whose daughter had...
08:11 AM, May 09, 2012
Indore: In a case of honour killing, a man allegedly killed his 19-year-old daughter in Indore for having an affair with a boy from another caste. Shivnarayan Verma, 45, a resident of Pardeshipura area, strangulated his daughter Jyoti on Saturday night, police said on Sunday. Afterwards, he himself went to the police station and confessed about the act. The girl was in love with a boy who lived near her...
03:40 PM, Apr 29, 2012
Mumbai: In a fit of rage, a man killed his 19-year-old daughter in Govandi on Sunday, for having slighted his honour by involving herself in a romantic affair with a paying guest who hailed from a lower caste. Cops said that soon after the murder, the accused tried to mislead investigators by misinforming doctors and cops that the girl had succumbed to tuberculosis. According to the police, the deceased, 19-year-old...
12:44 PM, Apr 25, 2012
Balachaur: In yet another incident of "honour killing", a 25-year-old man lost his life on Monday minutes after he had lunch with his newly-wedded wife at a roadside eatery near Punjab's Balachaur town. The brothers of the girl allegedly pumped bullets into him for marrying against their wishes. Ranjit Singh was getting into his car outside the popular 'Hoshiarpurian da Dhaba' with his wife Jasmeet Kaur when he was attacked....
04:02 AM, Apr 17, 2012
Jalgaon: In a suspected case of honour killing, a 19-year-old girl was allegedly strangled to death by her father, uncle and grandmother, in Jalgaon, Maharashtra, for reportedly having a relationship with a neighbour who, the family says, belonged to a different caste. Manisha, the victim, was strangled to death on the night of March 12, as she lay asleep. Her body was dumped around 30 km away. The incident came...
09:29 AM, Apr 09, 2012
Mysore: A 27-year-old upper caste woman college lecturer was strangulated to death at her residence here by her brother for marrying a man belonging to a lower caste, police said on Wednesday. The brother is absconding and a search is on to nab him, they said. The incident came to light after her room mate found her body on her return from Kochi. The woman's husband, a Dalit, said he...
01:26 PM, Mar 14, 2012
MYSORE: With memories of the honour killing in Ambalavadi village in Mandya district still fresh, an assistant professor at a First Grade College was killed for falling in love with a Dalit, who is the Deputy Director of Physical Education, Tumkur University. The victim Smruthi (27), was assaulted and strangulated by her brother Mahadeva alias Madhu at her house in Alanahalli as she was firm on marrying Sudeep, with whom...
09:14 AM, Mar 14, 2012
Satara: An honour killing in Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan's home district has sent shockwaves through the state. 25-year-old Asha Shinde was clubbed to death by her own father for wanting to marry a man from outside her caste. Satara residents are now demanding strict punishment for the accused and corrective measures to deter future incidents. Asha's colleagues at Pune's KEM hospital say that she had gone home to convince...
07:14 AM, Feb 23, 2012
New Delhi: A 55-year old man who killed his daughter and surrendered to the police on Monday will be produced in court again on Wednesday. Shishir Shinde admitted to killing his daughter for allegedly rejecting a marriage alliance. Shinde claims he hit his daughter Asha on the head with an iron rod on Sunday when she was asleep. The incident happened in Satara's Aundh village. Though Asha's mother, elder brother...
10:16 AM, Feb 22, 2012
Kingston: Three members of an Afghan Canadian family were found guilty of the 'honor killing' of three siblings and a fourth relative on Sunday after a high-profile trial that has fascinated Canadians. A jury in Kingston, Ontario, found the three -- husband and wife Mohammad Shafia and Tooba Mohammad Yahya, and their eldest son Hamed Mohammad Shafia -- guilty of four counts of first-degree murder. Their victims were three of...
11:12 AM, Jan 30, 2012
Meerut: With an MBA degree from Meerut, 22-year-old Hamidullah was looking forward to his trip home to Kabul but his plans for a celebration dinner were tragically cut short. Hamidullah and his two friends Naseer and Gausuddin were on their way to dinner when they were stopped by three youths in a white Tata Safari. One of them, got out of the car and fired his pistol at Hamid, killing...
09:11 PM, Dec 07, 2011
New Delhi: A 22-year-old Afghan student has been killed in an alleged honour killing in Meerut in Uttar Pradesh. Hamidullah and his friend Naseer were both shot, allegedly by the brothers of the two girls they were in love with. Hamiddullah had recently completed his MBA from IIMT and was planning to return to Kabul. His friend Naseer is in critical condition in a Delhi hospital. Police are investigating the...
03:56 PM, Dec 07, 2011
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