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Study Sheds Light on Prevalence of Honour Killings in India
The couple have been living at a secret location on the outskirts of Delhi for four months since their marriage was denounced by village elders in Haryana state, some 80 kilometres (50 miles) away.
A "khaap panchayat" or village social council decreed that they both belonged to the same sub-caste and were therefore "brother and sister."
"The marriage transgressed our firmly held 'brotherhood' principle of social organisation. We cannot tolerate that," Raghuvender Singh Dahiya, deputy chief of the council, told AFP.
The ruling was a serious warning in a country where couples can end up badly beaten or even killed for ignoring caste, religious or social differences when choosing life partners.
Ravinder and Shilpa's marriage was arranged by their families and they insist the union is not incestous as they belong to separate villages with no familial ties.
But that argument fell on deaf ears.
"I was told our families were related through the generations. So our marriage is immoral and we have to divorce," said Ravinder.
When their families defied the ruling, the council banished Ravinder's father from their village for three months and the couple for life.
So traumatising was the experience that Ravinder attempted suicide by drinking poison. He survived but spent days recovering in hospital.
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