Three arrested for 'honour killing' in Haryana

KAITHAL: In a suspected case of honour killing , a 16-year-old girl was allegedly murdered by her family in Badsikari Kalan village of Kaithal district.

The police have arrested deceased’s mother Rani (55), brother Parvesh (20) and her cousin, who confessed to the killing.

The girl was allegedly in touch with a boy hailing from Jind district for some time, Kaithal superintendent of police Shashank Kumar Sawan said.

The deceased and the boy of the same caste were in love, according to him. On Thursday, on a tip-off, police team went to the village as the body of the deceased was being cremated and retrieved the half-burnt body for postmortem.