<div>On a day when she cleared her class XII examination scoring 80% marks, her father slit her throat with a knife. <br /><br />Seventeen-year old Ramandeep Kaur lay dead in a pool of blood at her house in Ludhiana on Sunday. She was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was declared dead. <br /><br />Ramandeep’s only fault was that she was in a relationship with a boy living in village Lehra Mohabbat in Bathinda district and she also wanted to marry him. <br /><br />This is the fourth case of suspected “honor killing” in Punjab in the last few months. On Sunday, a heated argument escalated after the father, Baljit Singh (42), suspected a relationship between his daughter and the boy.<br /><br />Ramandeep confessed to her relationship. This infuriated Singh, who slit her throat with a knife. Baljit has been arrested. <br /><br />In fact, it was Binder Kaur, the victim’s mother, who lodged a complaint against her husband Baljit following which he was taken into police custody. <br /><br />Sources said, Kaur was a bright student and had lofty dreams of making it big in life. On April 23, Harbans Singh of Bathinda killed his 19-year old daughter suspecting her to be in a relationship with a boy of a backward caste. <br /><br />In another incident on May 11, one Gora Singh killed his two minor daughters- one just 2-years of age- since he wanted a divorce. He cremated his daughters clandestinely and has since been arrested. <br /></div>
<div>On a day when she cleared her class XII examination scoring 80% marks, her father slit her throat with a knife. <br /><br />Seventeen-year old Ramandeep Kaur lay dead in a pool of blood at her house in Ludhiana on Sunday. She was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was declared dead. <br /><br />Ramandeep’s only fault was that she was in a relationship with a boy living in village Lehra Mohabbat in Bathinda district and she also wanted to marry him. <br /><br />This is the fourth case of suspected “honor killing” in Punjab in the last few months. On Sunday, a heated argument escalated after the father, Baljit Singh (42), suspected a relationship between his daughter and the boy.<br /><br />Ramandeep confessed to her relationship. This infuriated Singh, who slit her throat with a knife. Baljit has been arrested. <br /><br />In fact, it was Binder Kaur, the victim’s mother, who lodged a complaint against her husband Baljit following which he was taken into police custody. <br /><br />Sources said, Kaur was a bright student and had lofty dreams of making it big in life. On April 23, Harbans Singh of Bathinda killed his 19-year old daughter suspecting her to be in a relationship with a boy of a backward caste. <br /><br />In another incident on May 11, one Gora Singh killed his two minor daughters- one just 2-years of age- since he wanted a divorce. He cremated his daughters clandestinely and has since been arrested. <br /></div>
