<p>The brother of the girl, who was brutally killed along with a 23-year-old youth in the district for "honour," was among two persons apprehended today, taking the total number of arrests in the case to five.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Sunny, the brother of 20-year-old Nidhi Barak, and Mahesh, a taxi driver, were arrested by the Haryana Police, Rohtak Range Inspector General of Police (IGP) Anil Rao said here.<br /><br />Three family members of the girl were arrested yesterday and police is carrying out raids to arrest another accused, said to be Sunny's friend.<br /><br />The girl's father Ravinder, mother Reeta, and uncle Narinder were arrested yesterday.<br />Police said the weapon used in the crime is yet to be recovered.<br /><br />The girl was killed in public view, while the youth, Dharmender Barak, was beaten up, his arms and legs were broken and he was beheaded on Wednesday.<br /><br />Both of them belonged to the Jat community and were residents of Gharnavati village in Kalanaur of the district.<br /><br />Nidhi was pursuing a fine arts course here and Dharmender was doing ITI diploma from the district. On Tuesday, both had fled from their homes.<br /><br />Nidhi's family had managed to contact her the next day and persuaded her to return home. But, later, they were found murdered.<br /><br />In Haryana, as per the diktat of Khap panchayats (community councils), marriages within the same village and community are not allowed.<br /><br />The "honour" crimes are common in Haryana and Punjab. Alarmed overt this, the Supreme Court had in 2011 observed that the so-called honour killers should face the death penalty.<br /><br />There are no statistics on the number of "honour" killings across Haryana and Punjab, but according to a study, hundreds of people are killed each year for falling in love or marrying against their families' wishes.</p>
<p>The brother of the girl, who was brutally killed along with a 23-year-old youth in the district for "honour," was among two persons apprehended today, taking the total number of arrests in the case to five.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Sunny, the brother of 20-year-old Nidhi Barak, and Mahesh, a taxi driver, were arrested by the Haryana Police, Rohtak Range Inspector General of Police (IGP) Anil Rao said here.<br /><br />Three family members of the girl were arrested yesterday and police is carrying out raids to arrest another accused, said to be Sunny's friend.<br /><br />The girl's father Ravinder, mother Reeta, and uncle Narinder were arrested yesterday.<br />Police said the weapon used in the crime is yet to be recovered.<br /><br />The girl was killed in public view, while the youth, Dharmender Barak, was beaten up, his arms and legs were broken and he was beheaded on Wednesday.<br /><br />Both of them belonged to the Jat community and were residents of Gharnavati village in Kalanaur of the district.<br /><br />Nidhi was pursuing a fine arts course here and Dharmender was doing ITI diploma from the district. On Tuesday, both had fled from their homes.<br /><br />Nidhi's family had managed to contact her the next day and persuaded her to return home. But, later, they were found murdered.<br /><br />In Haryana, as per the diktat of Khap panchayats (community councils), marriages within the same village and community are not allowed.<br /><br />The "honour" crimes are common in Haryana and Punjab. Alarmed overt this, the Supreme Court had in 2011 observed that the so-called honour killers should face the death penalty.<br /><br />There are no statistics on the number of "honour" killings across Haryana and Punjab, but according to a study, hundreds of people are killed each year for falling in love or marrying against their families' wishes.</p>