Tamil Nadu honour killing: 6 sentenced to death including father-in-law

A Tirupur court in Tamil Nadu convicted 11 people on Tuesday for the murder of Dalit youth V Shankar.

Six of the convictswere given death sentences.

One was sentenced to life imprisonment.

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The convicts who were given death sentences included Shankar's father-in-law.

Shankar, who was an engineer, and Kausalya had had an inter-caste marriage.

In March last year, Shankar was hacked to death by three men near a bus stand in Udumalpet, Tirupur.

Kausalya survived injuries to her head.

The brutal attack came to light after video footage of the attack went viral and a huge public outcry ensued.

The court said Tuesday that the killers had been hired by Shankar's father-in-law.

His mother-in-law was acquitted.