UK-2NDLD MURDER 2 LST

"It's horrific but hugely symbolic that Geeta's right
hand was cut off. She was a Sikh and all Sikhs wear a metal
bangle, the kara, on their right wrist.

It is a permanent
reminder to live a moral and good life and once it's on you
can't get it off. So her murderer was both dishonouring her
and perhaps trying to show she had been dishonourable -- which
is just barbaric," the friend told the Daily Mail.
The woman's post-mortem report is expected in a day or
two. Acting Detective Chief Inspector Andy Chalmers has
appealed to the witnesses to call the police.
Geeta, who has been described by her friends and family
as a "smiling, cheerful and helpful" girl, separated from her
husband Harpreet, or Sunny, about a year ago. The couple were
in the middle of divorce proceedings.
She had married Harpreet against the wishes of her
parents Nardesh, a receptionist at a doctor's clinic and
Lakwinder, a warehouse worker. Geeta was born in Britain to
Punjabi parents, while Harpreet was born in Punjab.
Her mother Nardesh described her daughter as "a wonderful
person, never a bad word to say, so lively and beautiful. We
cannot come to terms with what has happened," she said.
Dr Avtar Lit, chairman of Sunrise Radio, said Geeta was
"strong-willed and didn't want an arranged marriage.
"She fell for this man when she was very young. Her
parents didn't think he was good enough for her. The couple
fled to Sweden when they got married and came back a year
later. Geeta was very hardworking and was the breadwinner and
Sunny, as he was known, never seemed to have a job. This
created quite a few problems in their marriage and they argued
a lot," Lit said. PTI PS/HSR
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