Two teenage boys murdered 38-year-old farmer Lokesh Gangwar in Bareilly to avenge their family's honor. Lokesh was in a relationship with one of the accused's mother. The boys strangled him with a belt, led by their anger over the relationship. Both are now in juvenile detention.
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