Honour killings claimed the lives of two sets of lovers in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. A young Muslim couple was shot dead by the girl’s brother in Aligarh while another couple committed suicide by consuming poison in Muzaffarnagar district.
According to police reports, a young couple had eloped from Delhighat locality in Aligarh last week after their families refused to accept the alliance. However, they returned home on Saturday evening when both the families convinced them that they would get them married as per tradition. But the girl’s brother, Mohammad, who had been opposed to the alliance, shot the couple dead.
