Dad gets life sentence in "honor" killing of 20-year-old daughter (Sangrur, India)

Daughter made the mistake of falling in love with the boy next door. Her dad, MAJOR SINGH, and her uncle poisoned her to death for her "indiscretion." No mention of the girl's poor mother.

Sick. Control freak. Crap.  

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Father gets life sentence for killing daughter
Neel Kamal, TNN | Sep 26, 2011, 10.29PM IST

SANGRUR: Taking up the case of honour killing of a twenty years old girl, a local court has sentenced the father of the slain girl to life imprisonment. The girl Bhupinder Kaur of village Rajo Majra in Sangrur was accused to have been killed by his father Major Singh and taaya (uncle) Hardev Singh on the night on December 30, 2010 for falling in love with boy next door. Both had cremated the girl in the midnight after killing her by poisoning.

Sangrur additional district and sessions judge Kamaljit Lamba had acquitted girl' uncle Hardev Singh on Saturday and had reserved the judgment about father Major Singh for Monday. The additional sessions judge Monday evening pronouncing the judgment sentenced Major Singh for life imprisonment and imposed fine of Rs. 10,000.

As per prosecution Major Singh along with his brother Hardev Singh on the night of December 30, 2010 had administered poison to Bhupinder Kaur as she had developed relations with Karamjit Singh, living next door. Bhupinder Kaur' agriculturalist family failed to tolerate it. After ensuring the girl has died both the brothers got her body for cremation at about 11 in the night. The village watchman Jagir Singh seeing flames rising from cremation grounds got suspicious and confronted the duo. Upon both failing to give satisfactory answers about midnight cremation, he next morning informed the police about the incident.

Police next morning after arresting the duo had taken ash, bones into possession from cremation grounds. Sangrur SSP Harcharan Singh Bhullar said both committed the heinous crime as they unapproved the relationship of girl with already married man, facing separation case with wife. Police had registered murder case along with charges of destructing of evidence against both.

Defense side lawyer Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal said, "Hardev Singh was acquitted as no evidence against him had come to light."