ghaziabad public outrage notwithstanding honour killings continue to be the order the day on friday the police in ghaziabad registered a case of murder against four of a family after they allegedly killed a 20yearold man and hanged his body from a tree in the middle of baduda village barely 45km kilometres from delhi all four were abscondingthe victim sonu kumar jadav was in love with a 19yearold girl both were dalits the accused had warned jadav not to talk to the girl but he continued the relationship the accused then forced the girl to call him over to their house to discuss about their marriage the boy was murdered and his body was hanged from a tree to make the incident look like a suicide we will arrest them soon said the ssp raghuvir lalsources said that as village elders and panchayats try to uphold their twisted tradition many couples in the area are seeking police protection in the last one month ssps office has received applications from over 15 couples asking for police protection in the face of alleged threat to their lives