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8 of family beheaded in Bihar in revenge killing
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by nehalarya | February 11, 2009 at 02:26 am
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"The girl's family invited the boy's family for a meeting on the pretext of settling the dispute, but killed all eight and beheaded them," said Raghunath Prasad Singh, a senior police officer from Bhagalpur
Patna: Eight members of a man's poverty-ridden family were shot and beheaded before their bodies were thrown into a river in Bihar after he secretly married a wealthy girl, police said on Wednesday.
Police found the eight bodies floating in a river and have charged 15 people, mostly from the girl's family, with the murders.The weekend killing took place after 21-year-old Ratan Mandal eloped with 18-year-old Kanchan Kumari and got married secretly, afraid their families would never approve due to an old social rivalry.
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at 02:48 on February 11th, 2009
This is a barbaric act and shouldn't have allowed to happen. I think leaders of the state should make sure that such incident don't happen.
at 02:49 on February 11th, 2009
It is really inhuman,athiti devo bhavo, forgotten?
at 09:09 on February 11th, 2009
I don't have the words to adequately express myself at this horrific act.