Honour Killing? Parents Arrested for Murdering Pregnant Daughter in Telangana

Hyderabad: The girl, Divya, 20, who was from a trading community, fell in love with a man belonging to Other Backward Castes (OBC) while pursuing degree in Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh.Divya was allegedly killed by her parents in Jogulamba-Gadwal district to protect the family’s honour after they discovered that she was pregnant. Once the daughter refused for abortion, both parents killed her by smothering with pillow and strangled.They tried to pass it off as a natural death, but their plan fell flat after police investigation established that it was a murder on Monday.Police arrested Divya’s parents Bhaskar Shetty and Veeramma and sent them to judicial custody.