Indian ‘honor killings’ up as young shun marriage customs FEATURE 08/05/2010

Indian ‘honor killings’ up as young shun marriage customs

FEATURE 08/05/2010 NEW DELHI — The uncle was unrepentant about savagely killing his niece and her fiance who had the audacity to want to wed each other in defiance of Indian marriage traditions. “I have no regrets and I would punish them all over again if given another chance,” the uncle, Om Prakash, told the news media after his arrest by New Delhi police, asserting he had acted to save the family honor. Asha Saini, 19, and her 21-year-old boyfriend Yogesh Kumar were found stabbed to death in mid-June with their legs and arms bound and their bodies covered with electric shock burns. The murders came amid a spurt in so-called “honor killings” of couples who seek their own partners, breaching deeply entrenched tradition which dictates that the parents decide who their children should wed. Asha Saini’s family believed it would bring dishonor if the girl, whose father was a prosperous vegetable wholesaler, married her boyfriend, a poor taxi driver.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100805com3.html

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