Narwana (Haryana), July 24 - Two days after a 21-year-old man was lynched for marrying against the wishes of his community in Haryana's Jind district, police Friday admitted that they were yet to make any major breakthrough in the case.

'We have not arrested anyone till now but we are interrogating villagers to ascertain the identity of the accused. We are making our best effort and expect to arrest the culprits by Friday evening,' Satheesh Balan, police chief of Jind district, told IANS.

Some villages in Jind district, about 160 km from Chandigarh, continued to be tense after the so-called honour killing.

Ved Pal was lynched by residents of his wife Sonia's village Singhwal, near this town, when he had gone to bring her back Wednesday. The young couple had got married March this year.

'The situation in the area, especially in Singhwal village, is very sensitive. We are keeping a close watch on the situation and have deployed several personnel in the area to avoid any untoward incident,' said Balan.

Police had registered a case against the girl's parents and some unknown villagers Thursday. They are also trying to trace Sonia to record her statement in court.

At least 15 policemen and a court warrant officer were accompanying the victim when he went to Singhwal. 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.