Independent UK: Indian couple electrocuted for daring to marry outside caste

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Indian couple electrocuted for daring to marry outside caste
Bride-to-be's father and uncle held over honour killing that has horrified a nation

By Andrew Buncombe in Delhi
Wednesday, 16 June 2010


In an alleyway in Delhi choked with flies and neighbours in mourning, Devindri Devi held up a photograph of her nephew. "We had agreed to the marriage but her family did not," she said, as she looked at the picture of the soft-faced young man. "It was because he is from a different caste."

In a case that has stunned India's capital, Mrs Devi's nephew and his teenage girlfriend were tortured and murdered in a so-called honour killing, allegedly by the young woman's family, who objected to the relationship.

Over a period of several hours, the young couple were bound, beaten and given electric shocks before they died. All that time, the woman screamed and begged with her assailants – apparently her uncle and father – to spare the life of the young man whom she so wanted to marry.

"When we found the bodies, the couple's legs and hands were tied and they were bleeding," the deputy commissioner of Delhi police, NS Bundela, told a press conference yesterday. "The couple were electrocuted as well, but we will wait for the full post-mortem report." ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/indian-couple-electrocuted-for-daring-to-marry-outside-caste-2001570.html

[BanzaiBonnie]

1. Sick

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2. ain't fanaticism fun?

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