One held for honour killing

Almost a year after the family of a minor girl allegedly murdered the man she had eloped with, the Delhi Police Special Cell on Thursday arrested her brother in the case.

The accused, 35-year-old Varun (name changed), was arrested from Ahmedabad based on a tip-off. The police said it was a case of honour killing.

Varun’s sister had eloped with a 22-year-old man from their village in Ghaziabad last April. This did not go down well with the girl’s family, as her partner, Vishal, belonged to a different caste.

False promise

Her father then approached Vishal, and promised to give her hand in marriage to him once she turned 18. At the time, Vishal and the girl were staying with his sister in west Delhi’s Uttam Nagar.

Vishal and his family agreed to the proposal and allowed the girl’s kin to take the couple back home. Vishal, however, was taken to Vijay Nagar in Ghaziabad, where Varun along with his father Suresh, uncle Satish and cousin Arun (all names changed) assaulted him and later pushed him off a highrise. The Ghaziabad police registered a zero FIR and transferred the case to the Delhi Police. The police are looking for the other accused.