5 in Indian family sentenced to death in honour killings

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Five members of a family who were found guilty of killing a young couple by electrocuting them, after torturing the pair, have been sentenced to death in India.The country’s supreme court ruled last year that the death penalty could apply in cases of honour killings. The couple were from different castes; the families are from northeast Delhi.

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