CHANDIGARH: In a gruesome incident of honour killing, body of a 25-year-old newly-wed man, who was allegedly abducted along with his wife by her relatives on Friday, was found near a Rajasthan canal on Sunday.Dharamvir Singh, a member of Jat community who lived in Dhobi village of Haryana ’s Hisar district, had eloped with Sunita, who belonged to the backward class community, and lived in Mangali village of the same district. They got married in March against the wishes of their parents. Initially, the couple lived in a safe house in Sirsa under police protection. They had recently shifted to residence of Dharamvir’s maternal uncle in Dhingsara village of Fatehabad district.On Friday afternoon, a group of men including Sunita’s brothers and cousins reached Dhingsara village and abducted the couple at gunpoint. The group even fired shots in air to scare away villagers who tried to chase them.Acting on a complaint filed by Dharamvir’s uncle Rai Singh, police started investigation after registering a case of abduction and Arms Act at Bhattu Kalan police station.Sunita was rescued by the police from Shishwal village on Saturday evening and sent to a safe house for her security. The police started conducting raids based on inputs from cyber crime teams to nab the culprits.Dharamvir’s blood-soaked body was found on the side of a canal, close to Bhadra in Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan, on Sunday and the police and his family in Haryana were informed about his death.Alleging delay in action by the Haryana police, Dharamvir’s family staged a protest in Fatehabad and refused to join the inquest proceedings in Bhadra.The Haryana police had initially registered a case of abduction, but converted it into that of abduction and murder on Sunday.Dharamvir’s brother Rakesh Kumar alleged that the police were initially reluctant to entertain their complaint. It was only after the villagers started a protest, that cops registered a case.DSP Gurdayal Singh told TOI on Sunday evening that Dharamvir’s family had agreed to cooperate. “After the body is handed over to them at the end of the post mortem, we shall take over the investigation. We have constituted teams to arrest the accused involved in the abduction and murder,” said Singh.