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For the time being, at least, the clandestine marriage would have to be a secret. and with good reason. she was now on a collision course with hundreds of years of tradition. modern versus ancient. young versus old. east versus west. in a community where tradition is so important, her family was more conservative than most. by marrying mithu, she had dishonored them. >> the women are the honor because she's the one who goes to the other family, and she takes her name of her parents. so, you are always carrying somebody's honor. >> and vijay singhera should know. when she was jassi's age, she m...

In the future, will give something to my daughter. he didn't have much to offer. >> when jassi returned to canada after they first met, letters from mithu followed. not to her home. but to deb devos' beauty school. she made it clear she couldn't keep these letters at home? >> no, she couldn't, because they would find out about the relationship between her and this young man. and the consequences would be too great. >> that relationship, like the letters, would continue for the next few years, until mithu and jassi were in their mid-20s. despite the 7,000 miles between them, though they came fr...

To canada, prepare their report to see if there's enough evidence. >> even if there is enough evidence, vancouver journalist fabian dawson says it can still be a very long and convoluted process. >> the courts in canada have come up recently with a whole set of new rulings that make extradition very difficult. canada is probably one of the slowest nations in the world when it comes to sending somebody back to a country that is making a request. >> despite all jassi told her friends, the convictions in india, and the records from surgit's telephone, jassi's uncle and mother have not yet been ch...

Her uncle threatened -- he said, if you go to india, i will kill you. and i remember her telling me that quite specifically. >> just two months after her secret wedding to mithu, jassi borrowed money from friends and bought a plane ticket to return to india. and she took along her own sworn statement. this one to prove to authorities that her marriage was genuine, and that her uncle's letter was untrue. in it, she detailed the threats to which she and mithu had been subjected. it reads in part -- >> my family does not agree with my marriage. and are trying to force me to have it annulled. i fe...

>> this is the sword that was used to kill jassi. >> though he now had the sword that was used in the attack, in order to track down the killers and build a case against them, he would first need to uncover a motive. >> translator: i discovered that a case had already been filed against mithu alleging that mithu had forced jassi into a marriage. that's when we discovered the love affair and secret marriage. >> that's when he also discovered the notarized statement that jassi submitted as proof her uncle had lied to indian authorities about mithu. that provided inspector singh with solid eviden...