Inter-caste marriage costs youth his life

HOSHIARPUR: Four persons belonging tothe Rajput community brutally murdered 22-year-old Jasbir Singh of the Jatcommunity for marrying a Rajput girl at Jahankhelan village about 7 km fromhere.Jasbir Singh and Geeta had got married two months back atChandigarh in the high court, as Geeta''s maternal grandparents and relativeswere against this marriage.The four accused -Daljit Singh, SubashSingh, Prabhat Singh and Naresh Kumar - attacked Jasbir with swords and killedhim, as he was about to board a bus at about 9 am from the Jahankhelan busstop.According to reports, the accused took a severed shoulder ofJasbir Singh and threw it in the compound of the deceased''shouse.The Sadar police have registered a case but no arrest has beenmade so far.