Suspected honour killing in Tamil Nadu

A 24-year-old man was killed and his 20-year-old lover hospitalised after a group of people, believed to be from the girl's family, attacked them with sickles.



Megala eloped with Shivakumar, ten days after she was married off to a man 15 years her senior, in Manamadurai.

The girl, who belongs to the Devar community, told news agencies she wasn't allowed to marry Shivakumar as they were related.
Her father and brother have been arrested in connection with the murder and the attack on Megala.
She is now under police protection, and her whereabouts have been kept secret for fear of a second attack by her community, from which she has been ostracised.