Honor killing in city too – Man butchered

Hyderabad, Sept.29: In a rare incident, the State capital witnessed an honor killing in the wee hours of Thursday. Lalit Aditya, 28, was killed at Sachivalayanagar in Vanasthalipuram. Police arrested one Yashwanth, who is believed to have agreed to kill Aditya, who married Sushruta on November 9, 2015, against the wish of her parents. After preliminary investigation, the police suspect that Sushruta’s family was behind this murder. Police said some half-a-dozen people came by a Tata Sumo with Karnataka registration number in the early hours of Thursday and attacked Aditya with iron rods and stabbed him to death. Aditya's family and Sushruta family members have been at loggerheads ever since their marriage. A search is on to trace the supari gang. Aditya works in a private company in Gujarat and frequently visits Hyderabad.