Honour killing: Police say post-mortem reveals Delhi woman was shot twice

The victim’s father was nabbed on Sunday and her mother the next day.

The post-mortem on the young woman whose body was found in a suitcase on the Yamuna Expressway here revealed two shots were fired at her, police said on Tuesday.

The 21-year-old woman, Ayushi Yadav, was allegedly killed by her father as the parents were unhappy over her inter-caste marriage, according to the police.

Acting Senior Superintendent of Police Martand Prakash Singh told newspersons the woman's father was nabbed on Sunday and her mother the next day considering her an equal partner in the crime after the recovery of the revolver used in the crime, and the car in which the body was carried.

The post-mortem examination on the woman, a resident of Delhi, was conducted by a panel of three doctors.

It found two bullets were fired at her one of which pierced through her chest and the other got stuck in her head, police said, adding the post-mortem was also videographed. According to the police, Ayushi had married her classmate Chhatrapal Gurjar, a resident of Bharatpur, a year ago at the Arya Samaj temple. Her father Nitesh Yadav and mother Brajbala were very upset over this.

The police have also retrieved their marriage certificate from her house.

After getting married, she used to go to her husband's place whenever she wanted, and her parents were worried this was harming their social status.