An Indian woman's
parents have strangled their daughter to death after claiming she destroyed
their family's 'prestige' by marrying a man from a different caste, police says.
Bhavna Yadav, 21, a Sanskrit honours student of
Venkateswara College a leading
New Dehli University, appears to be the latest of a series of cruel honour
killings that have shocked India.
According to the police,
Bhavna was strangled by her parents and uncle because she had secretly
married 24-year-old Abhishek Seth in a union that undermined their family's
'prestige'.
Abhishek Seth is Punjabi, while Bhavna was Yadav, from the
Rajasthan region. Abhishek told NDTV: 'I never got any indication of course that her parents
would do this. If I had any inkling, I would have never sent her back home.
'Six months ago, I called her parents and told them about
us - they told me: "You are Punjabi, stay away. We are Yadavs. This won't
work".'
Police however
said 'While questioning (victim's
parents- Jagmohan and Savitri) they broke down and admitted that
they had strangled their daughter at their Delhi home.
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