PALAKKAD: The accused arrested in the honour killing has confessed to the crime. The victim has been identified as Aneesh alias Appu (27) of Elamandam in Kuzhalmannam, Palakkad. Aneesh’s father-in-law Prabhu Kumar and uncle Suresh of Elamandam are the two arrested.

Prabhu Kumar has told police that a dispute in marrying his daughter Haritha led to the murder. Aneesh and Haritha (19) got married on September 27. Aneesh and Haritha, were dating since school days. They got married and registered their marriage three months ago.

Haritha’s parents were against the marriage since both belonged to different cases. Haritha and Aneesh belonged to Pillai and blacksmith communities. Racial and economic gap upset the girl's family and the ensuing feud culminated in the murder.

One of the accused Suresh was taken into custody from his house on Friday night. Prabhu went to his sister’s house in Kozhinjampara. He left his mobile phone there and fled to his relative’s house in Gandhi Nagar Sai Baba Colony in Coimbatore. He was nabbed while trying to escape in a bus after realising that police would come in search of him. He was brought to Palakkad and after interrogation registered the arrest of the two.

The incident happened when Aneesh was going to purchase groceries on his bike. He stopped at a shop and was attacked by the two men. Aneesh died on the way to the hospital.