'Honour killing' claims woman's life in Mandya
TNN | Jan 7, 2012, 01.57AM IST
MANDYA: The murder of a woman belonging to an upper caste, that had
taken place here on December 6, has turned out to be a case of "honour
killing". The crime is said to have been committed by victim Suvarna's
father with the help his relatives who opposed her affair with a Dalit
man in Abalavadi village of Maddur taluk.
A complaint was filed on January 6, though the murder had taken place
a month ago. According to police, Suvarna's father Ramakrishna and
cousins Ramanna, Timmesh Lallegowda, Mallesh and others hanged at her
lover Govindaraju's house on December 6. Also, they allegedly burnt
the body the same night.
It is said Suvarna and Govindaraju were in love, much to the
opposition of the former's family. In his complaint, Govindaraju's
brother Timmappa stated that on December 6, the accused beat the
lovers black and blue. He charged the accused with dragging Suvarna to
his house to hang her. While she was being beaten up, the brothers
fled the village and reached Koppa police station.
In the complaint, Timmappa said that despite their verbal complaint,
some policemen advised him to hide until they were asked to come out.
However, following threats to his life by the accused, Timmappa
decided to lodge a written complaint. He said he was worried about the
safety of his mother and wife.
"We had been living in fear, as they taken away our belongings.
Besides threatening us brothers, the accused also insisted other
villages not to explain to police what had happened on December 6,"
Timmappa said. Dy Sp Uttappa said they are on the look out for the
accused. The police are also looking for Govindaraju to take his
statement. SP Koushalendrakumar said the case, registered under
various sections of IPC and SC/ ST acts, has been entrusted to
Malavalli DySP for investigation. "I shall study the complaint to find
out whether police officers had shown dereliction of their duty even
after receiving verbal complaint," he said.
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