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A teenager killed his 19-year-old pregnant sister with their mother's help for marrying a man of her choice in Aurangabad district, Maharashtra on Sunday. The mother-son duo then allegedly displayed the victim's severed head before the neighbors who claim they even clicked selfies with the head. Both the accused have surrendered and are currently under arrest. Here are more details on this.
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The incident marks yet another instance of alleged honor killing - a crime that is grossly underreported in India's conservative society. According to data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB ), the country registered 28 such cases in 2014, 251 cases in 2015, and 77 in 2016. However, rights groups and non-governmental bodies allege the actual figures are much higher.
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