The village council has refused to take back its illegal order and even clashed with the police on this issue.

Honour killings are nothing new in Haryana, especially in areas dominated by the Jat community.

In June 2007, the bodies of a young couple, Manoj and Babli, were recovered from a canal in Kaithal district after they were murdered and thrown into the canal by relatives of the girl.

In Karnal district last year, Jasbir Singh, 27, and his companion Sunita, who was six months pregnant, were murdered after being strangled in their village. The girl's family was opposed to their daughter, a divorcee, living with Jasbir.

The family threw the bodies of the couple outside their house to send a clear message to other villagers that going against wishes of the community and family would not be tolerated.

The state's illegal 'khap' (community) panchayats have also been doling out extra-judicial rulings to couples for violating social norms in getting married.

The Bhupinder Singh Hooda government in the state has kept itself away from such killings and illegal decisions of community panchayats, given the domination of the Jat community in the state's social and political fabric.