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Honour killing: Cops say man's cousin tipped off girl's family

Sunil, the cousin of the deceased Dinesh, tipped off the the girl's brother Shankar and her uncle Rinku as to the couple's whereabouts

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In the aftermath of a grizzly honour killing in Mayur Vihar, when the brother and uncle of a girl stabbed her and her 30-year-old cousin, who was also her boyfriend, on Friday, police have zeroed in on a person who they believe has played a key role in the man's murder.

According to senior officials, Sunil, the cousin of the deceased Dinesh, tipped off the the girl's brother Shankar and her uncle Rinku as to the couple's whereabouts. Police have detained Sunil for further questioning.

Meanwhile, the injured girl Meenakshi is recuperating at a city hospital. Meenakshi was provided police protection after her relatives insisted on meeting her. Currently, she is still unaware that her boyfriend Dinesh is dead and is undergoing counselling at the hospital.

Dinesh and Meenakshi were trying to elope and were traveling in an app based taxi at the time of the incident. While Dinesh died at the crime scene itself, Meenakshi was injured and taken to hospital.

According to sources, Dinesh had reached out to Sunil for help and Sunil was allegedly also present in the cab when the incident took place. Sunil had allegedly promised that he would help arrange for a lawyer for the couple.

Police sources say they will also question other family members of Meenakshi as they suspect that they provided moral support to her brother and uncle. Sources also added that so far the relatives have shown no remorse for the incident and claimed that they did it to save their family's honour.

Meenakshi and Dinesh had eloped from their residence four days ago. Meenakshi was scheduled to get married next month while Dinesh was already married and had three children.

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