India, March 14 -- GREATER NOIDA

A 23-year-old woman was allegedly murdered by her father and brother at their Chipyana village home in Greater Noida, police officers said on Thursday - a hate crime that was carried out because she married someone that the family did not approve of. They said the accused also hurriedly cremated the body to hide the evidence, but were caught after neighbours voiced their suspicions to police.

Investigators identified the deceased as Neha Rathore, and said she married her boyfriend Suraj Singh on March 11. A day later, they said, her father Bhanu and her brother Himanshu murdered her.

According to police, the family disapproved of the marriage because Singh is a pickup truck driver. They also noted that ...