Tejbir Singh, 29, the son of a farmer, had been in love for two years with Meena, 28. She was the daughter of his maternal uncle’s brother-in-law, not a blood relation by a mile but still, out of bounds for marriage in Haryana.
When the families refused to accept the relationship, Tejbir and Meena decided to elope. On April 22, they got married at the Arya Samaj temple in Ghaziabad. Meena’s family was so infuriated that they threatened to kill them both. The frightened couple moved to a police safe house in Hisar where they lived from May 1-4.
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