India, Dec. 22 -- A 19-year old-pregnant woman and her unborn child were killed on Sunday evening after the teen was attacked by her parents over her intercaste marriage in a village near Hubballi in Karnataka, the police said.

The woman, identified as Manya Doddimani, was six months pregnant and had married a man from another caste against her family's wishes. Members of her family allegedly attacked her, her husband, and his relatives in Inam Veerapur village of Hubballi, leaving several people seriously injured.

Gunjan Arya, the superintendent of police of Dharwad district, said preliminary findings pointed to opposition from the woman's family over the intercaste marriage. "Her parents attacked her husband and father-in-law who were...