<p>In an apparent incident of honour killing, a 24-year-old woman was killed by her family members at Kanjhawala in outer Delhi due to her desire to marry a youth belonging to another caste.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Deepti Chhikara, a Municipal Corporation of Delhi school teacher in Sultanpuri, was married, but had returned to her maternal house at Jonti village a month after marriage.<br />“It has also come to light that Deepti was in continuous touch with an engineer who was of a different caste and whom she wanted to marry. <br /><br />In the third week of April, Deepti went missing, but her family members did not approach police,” a police official said.<br /><br />The matter came to light when Deepti’s boyfriend wrote an e-mail to a senior Delhi Police police official, following which an investigation was taken up in May.<br /><br />During initial investigation, it was found that her family feared of backlash from society if she re-married a man from different caste.<br /><br />Her mother Veermati and brother Mohit usedto have heated arguments over her refusal to offers of marriage brought by the family.<br /><br />Veermati and Mohit were apprehended for questioning after a case of kidnapping was lodged on June 19.<br /><br />Initially, they kept on denying any involvement in Deepti’s disappearance, but on sustained interrogation, they broke down and confessed to have killed her on April 19.<br /><br />Mohit disclosed that he strangulated Deepti and then took the body to Roorkee in his car.<br />“He claims that he dumped the body in a canal in Roorkee. Veermati and Mohit were arrested over the confession on Thursday. We will take them to Roorkee to try and recover the body,” the official added.<br /><br />They have also claimed that Deepti’s uncle was also involved in the incident. He is absconding and efforts are on to apprehend him.<br /><br />A case of murder, removing evidence and hatching criminal conspiracy under sections 302, 201 and 120-B has been lodged against them.</p>
<p>In an apparent incident of honour killing, a 24-year-old woman was killed by her family members at Kanjhawala in outer Delhi due to her desire to marry a youth belonging to another caste.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Deepti Chhikara, a Municipal Corporation of Delhi school teacher in Sultanpuri, was married, but had returned to her maternal house at Jonti village a month after marriage.<br />“It has also come to light that Deepti was in continuous touch with an engineer who was of a different caste and whom she wanted to marry. <br /><br />In the third week of April, Deepti went missing, but her family members did not approach police,” a police official said.<br /><br />The matter came to light when Deepti’s boyfriend wrote an e-mail to a senior Delhi Police police official, following which an investigation was taken up in May.<br /><br />During initial investigation, it was found that her family feared of backlash from society if she re-married a man from different caste.<br /><br />Her mother Veermati and brother Mohit usedto have heated arguments over her refusal to offers of marriage brought by the family.<br /><br />Veermati and Mohit were apprehended for questioning after a case of kidnapping was lodged on June 19.<br /><br />Initially, they kept on denying any involvement in Deepti’s disappearance, but on sustained interrogation, they broke down and confessed to have killed her on April 19.<br /><br />Mohit disclosed that he strangulated Deepti and then took the body to Roorkee in his car.<br />“He claims that he dumped the body in a canal in Roorkee. Veermati and Mohit were arrested over the confession on Thursday. We will take them to Roorkee to try and recover the body,” the official added.<br /><br />They have also claimed that Deepti’s uncle was also involved in the incident. He is absconding and efforts are on to apprehend him.<br /><br />A case of murder, removing evidence and hatching criminal conspiracy under sections 302, 201 and 120-B has been lodged against them.</p>
