Press Trust of India Posted online: Monday, January 02, 2006 at 1549 hours IST
Muzaffarnagar, January 2: The elder brother of a 19-year-old girl carried out 'honour killing' by allegedly beheading, while she was asleep at a hospital in Meerut, said police.
The girl Nargis was undergoing treatment at Meerut Medical College Hospital for stab wounds after her brother Naushad attacked her on December 16 for marrying outside the caste, they said.
She and her lover eloped on December 10 and returned to their houses here on December 16 after getting married, which was opposed by her parents, they said.
A panchayat had tried to pressurise the couple but they refused to be swayed.
Naushad on Sunday night went to the women's ward and beheaded her while she was asleep and has since been absconding, they said adding that police had launched a hunt for him.
