Parents held as couple die in ‘honour killing’

A man was beheaded and his girlfriend beaten to death in an “honour killing” in northern India after they eloped, police said.

The woman’s mother, father and uncle were arrested after the gruesome murders carried out in a village in the state of Haryana on Wednesday, police said.

The couple were tracked down and brought back to their village in Rohtak district after they fled to the capital New Delhi, local police chief Anil Kumar said.