Narwana (Haryana), July 23 - Tension gripped some villages in Haryana's Jind district Thursday following the 'honour killing' of a 21-year-old man who had married against the wishes of his community.

Police were yet to make any arrest till late Thursday, a day after Ved Pal was lynched by residents of his wife's village, Singhwal, near this town of Haryana's Jind district, 160 km from Chandigarh.

The victim was attacked when he had gone to the village to bring back his wife Sonia Wednesday. The young couple had got married March this year.

'We convinced the villagers to disclose the identity and whereabouts of the culprits,' Mohammed Shayin, deputy commissioner of Jind, told IANS.

'We would also record the statement of the girl (deceased's wife) in the court,' he added.

Court warrant officer Suraj Bhan, who had gone with the victim Wednesday night was, however, not attacked by the villagers though he suffered injuries due to a fall during the attack, Jind district police chief Satheesh Balan told IANS.

There were at least 15 policemen accompanying the victim and the court warrant officer but the villagers surrounded the victim, who tried to escape, and lynched him. The accompanying policemen fled from the spot with the court officer.

The villagers did not allow anyone to take the body of the victim till late Wednesday night and displayed it at the village crossing.

'We have removed the body from there and a postmortem is being conducted (at Jind). We have registered a case of murder against the girl's family and some other unknown villagers,' Balan said.

Police officials said they were trying to trace the girl and her family.