Lovers killed

LUCKNOW – Two young lovers were bludgeoned to death and their bodies sliced into pieces and burnt in an Indian village because the community believed their relationship was incestuous, police said yesterday.

Mahesh, 20, and Guriya, his 19-year-old girlfriend and distant cousin, had fled their village near Agra in northern Uttar Pradesh state after realising their secret relationship had been exposed. But their relatives managed to trace them, and dragged them before the village council early on Tuesday.The couple refused to end their relationship, and were killed and mutilated on the spot, police said.Nampa-ReutersBut their relatives managed to trace them, and dragged them before the village council early on Tuesday.The couple refused to end their relationship, and were killed and mutilated on the spot, police said.Nampa-Reuters