Re: Upper Caste Village in Northern India Proud of “honour Killing” of Couple
Both of the victims were from the Jat caste as well.
Jats in Haryana and Punjab have a strict code of marriage:
1- Same Caste
2- People of the same village can't marry each other (considered family).
3- They can't be of the same sub-caste(got)
4- The guys' last name (got) cannot be the same be the same as the girls last name.
5- The guy's mothers last name (got) before marriage and grandmothers last name before marriage cannot be the same as the girl.
These marriage rules are common in North India and the penalty for defying this is a Honor Killing.