In October of last year, a woman in India holds a placard against violence against women. AP=Yonhap News
– In India, a father who beheaded his 17-year-old daughter for having a relationship with a man he did not like was arrested by the police.
According to the BBC on the 4th (local time), Sarvesi Kumar was arrested in Uttar Pradesh in northern India while heading to the police station with his daughter’s head on the 3rd.
He stated that he was upset that his daughter had a relationship with a man he did not like during the police investigation. Sarvesi Kumar confined her daughter in a room, committed the crime, headed to the police station, and was arrested by the police who had been reported and dispatched.
The BBC cited social activists and pointed out that every year in India, hundreds of people are being “honored murder” for falling in love or having relationships that are against the will of their families. He also said that the old notion of tradition and family honor is still deeply embedded in many parts of Indian society.
In 2018, an Indian father hired a hit man to murder his son-in-law when his daughter married Untouchables (the lowest rank in India). In 2011, the Supreme Court of India sentenced to death if convicted of honorary murder.
Reporter Na Unchae [email protected] 
–
