This is one area that could have done without gender equality. Honour killing, hitherto the domain of angry males, now has in 20-year-old Veer Pal Kaur its first woman trigger.The girl planned her mother’s murder and hired two contract killers for the job who eliminated Mohinder Kaur (45) in Malout town here on Saturday.
Veer Pal was incensed over her mother’s "illicit relationships" with two men who would frequent the house, with one of them routinely staying back with her overnight.
A source said Veer Pal decided on extreme action when, despite repeated suggestions and warnings, Mohinder continued with her liasions without a thought to the family’s prestige.During police interrogation, it was revealed that the girl hired two persons and promised to pay them Rs 1 lakh to get her mother killed.
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In fact, it isn't so unusual for females to be complicit in dishonor killings (and I'm not referring here to the victims).
Ellen R. Sheeley, Author
"Reclaiming Honor in Jordan"
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