A Sikh mother of four who died in “highly suspicious circumstances” in March 2015 during a trip to India was the victim of an “honour killing” orchestrated by her north London-based husband, her family claimed.
The Sikh mother, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had allegedly refused to allow her youngest son to be adopted by her childless brother-in-law, who was said to be desperate for a male heir to get “ancestral wealth”.
Representatives of the mother's family wrote a letter to Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson in this regard. In the letter they claimed she was “tricked” into going on a family trip to India, where she died following an exchange with her husband, a Hindu builder, about giving up their youngest son. She was cremated without their knowledge before they could fly her back to Britain, the family claimed.
The Met said it was “aware of the tragic death” but was “unable to comment publicly”, according to a report in The Times.
