Police in Pakistan's Punjab province say a man who was tied to a railway track and killed by a train may have been the victim of an "honour killing". | That's a new twist. Normally it's the woman tied to the tracks by a mustashioed villian. |
Police say the man eloped with a woman and the couple later married without the consent of the bride's parents. The families were reconciled but police are hunting the bride's brother who they say held a grudge against the man. | Wanted her for himself, did he? |
A relative of the groom was tied to the track at the same time and was also killed by the train, police said. The police chief of Toba Tek Singh district, Saeed Akhtar Bharwana, told the BBC the police had registered a case after receiving a complaint from the family of the husband. The police say they cannot confirm a motive for the killing without a statement from the wife, who has gone missing along with her family since the incident. | I think she was the one tied to the log, up at the old saw mill... |
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