http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_upper-caste-girl-dalit-man-killed-in-andhra-pradesh-village_1388388
Upper caste girl, Dalit man killed in Andhra Pradesh village
PTI
Thursday, May 27, 2010 15:00 IST
Hyderabad: In a suspected case of 'honour killing', a couple was
stoned to death by the relatives of an upper caste girl who had eloped
with a married man from another caste at a village in Andhra Pradesh's
Nizamabad district, police said today.
"The girl's relatives attacked the couple, S Srinivas and Swapna, when
they were sleeping outside their house in Krishna Jiwadi village at
around 10.30 last night. The couple was dragged on to the road and hit
with boulders resulting in their instantaneous death," Nizamabad
Superintendent of Police K Venkateshwara Rao told PTI over phone.
Giving details, the SP said, the girl Swapna (aged around 22 years),
went missing from the village last year, after which her father lodged
a missing complaint. The girl, however, returned home after
one-and-half-month and the complaint was withdrawn.
But, Swapna once again went missing after staying in the village for
about a month and returned only a week ago along with one Srinivas,
with whom she had stayed for the past nine months, the senior police
officer said.
Srinivas, who belongs to the Scheduled Caste, is a married man with
two children. Swapna's family members and relatives suspected that the
girl was in love with Srinivas and that she had eloped with him.
"They (relatives) were reportedly angered over the girl having a
relationship with a married man that too belonging to another caste,"
Rao said.
"It is still not clear whether Swapna and Srinivas had married and
where they were staying for the past nine months and since how long
their love affair was," the SP said.
"But since their return to the village a week ago, the duo was staying
together in the village along with the wife and children of Srinivas,"
Rao said.
"We are still investigating as the incident (killing) was reported
late last night. We have taken into custody one person and more
arrests will be made soon," the SP said.
A case of double murder has been registered and an autopsy was
conducted on the bodies of Srinivas and Swapna at a hospital in
Kamareddy town, the police officer added.
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