Honour killing: Cops suspect slain woman’s brother of killing duo

Rajkot: Junagadh police is hot on the trail of a man, who is strongly suspected to have to brutally hacked to death his sister and her husband in honour killing, on Wednesday.
Sanjay Ram (24) and his 22-year-old wife Dhara were axed to death by an assailant on Vanthli-Keshod highway on Wednesday. The attacker, who is suspected to be Dhara’s brother, had spared Sanjay’s sister Vanita who was also going on bike with them.
Sanjay and Dhara had married against the wishes of their families, who were bitterly opposed to their relationship as they were from different castes.
Dhara’s father Bhana Parmar had committed suicide after the couple got married around four months ago.
“Dhara’s brother has been missing after the double murder. We strongly suspect his involvement. We have got to know that the suicide of his father had left him extremely furious with this sister,” said Junagadh superintendent of police (SP), Saurabh Singh.
The search for him has been intensified with various teams being formed.
Sanjay and Dhara, who had settled in Rajkot, had come to Keshod to renew his driving license and stayed at his sister’s house. His second sister Vanita Nandania had come to meet them from Junagadh. The couple offered to drop Vanita to Junagadh before leaving for Rajkot, said N B Chauhan, sub-inspector with Vanthli police station.
On the way, the assailant waylaid their bike and hacked Sanjay and Dhara to death by dealing them blows of axe on their head even as he spared Vanita.
“When Vanita was crying for help, a passer-by dialled a call from her cellphone to her husband Devshi Nandania, a constable with Junagadh police. Devshi alerted Vanthli police station and Junagadh control room,” added Chauhan.
Meanwhile, the police have obtained the CCTV footage of the crime. However, the accused are not clearly visible in the footage.
Sanjay and Dhara were natives Darsali village of Mendarada taluka in Junagadh district.