Teen couple found dead,honour killing suspected

Neighbours said around 1 am they had heard someone crying for help from inside the house. “When we intervened,house owner Om Prakash and his son Sandeep told us to keep away as it was a family matter. Initially,we thought they had caught a thief and were beating him up,” said a woman living nearby.

A neighbour claimed Asha,who had been sent by her parents to stay with her uncle’s family,had called Yogesh to her house at night.

“He came in a Maruti van around 12.30 am. Asha’s uncle Om Prakash heard her opening the door for Yogesh. He came down and saw them together. Infuriated,he started beating them up and called Asha’s parents over,” claimed a neighbour.

Asha’s parents,Suraj and Maya stay in Gokul Puri in Northeast Delhi. “Asha used to come visit her aunt who stays near Yogesh’s house in Gokul Puri. Yogesh,who used to drive a van for a living,used to stay with his sister and uncles,” the police said. When the family discovered Asha’s affair with Yogesh,they got her engaged to someone in Sonepat. Neighbour Suresh Chand Gupta said,“We saw the family leaving the house at about 3 am. Since the boy and girl did not come out till morning,we called the police.”

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northwest) N S Bundela said: “Initial inquiry shows the couple was assaulted and even electrocuted. It seems the family locked the house and fled.” Asha’s father Suraj and uncle Om Prakash were arrested in the night.