Sometimes men and women be stoned to death for love

8 people in north India has been arrested after together stoned to death because a couple has fled to the prohibition against the family. According to state police of Uttar Pradesh, Rajiv Verma and Renu Pal is a pair of men and women killed in brutal attacks recently. Both in their 20s, love each other but their families were strongly opposed, saying the two families are not subject to civil registration. Today 1 / 5, the couple decided to flee, but only a day later returned to the village. Immediately, they were a mob, led by her family, stoned to death. Related to the incident, police have arrested eight people involved in the brutal murder on Tuesday (3 / 5). Director of Security Uttar Pradesh, Brij Lal, confirmed: "This is a murder for family honor."

A couple was stoned to death for adultery in Afghanistan.

Recently, India witnessed a proliferation of similar crimes, mostly related to the young couple wanted to marry each other, which went against the barriers of caste distinctions. The main outcome is that they were killed by relatives to protect so-called "prestige and pride of the family." "What they do is not acceptable," Lal said. "These criminals can not escape and I am sure justice will be executed with the innocent couple was tortured to death."

"It was a shameful evils, if compared with the development of both social and economic education today. Those who stuck with ideological caste distinctions and social norms, never Two young people do not accept the same class together, "Lal said.

Women's groups across India have carried out protests against the killings are thought to protect the honor and family tradition.

Last month the Indian Supreme Court ordered the state government suppressed the honor killings and warned that officials who do not complete the task will be prosecuted.

According to unofficial statistics on honor killings since last year, about 900 people jailed every year, alone in the states of Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. In August last year, Interior Minister of India P. Chidambaram said he will present a bill in Congress, to provide penalties to prevent honor killings.