Three relations of a 17-year-old lady have been booked in reference to the homicide of a 19-year-old man over an alleged inter-caste relationship in Karnataka’s Vijayapura district, police mentioned on Saturday.
The person, who belonged to a decrease caste, was killed minutes after the 17-year-old lady appeared to have died by suicide on September 24, police mentioned, including that her father and uncle have been arrested whereas her grandfather was on the run.
In response to the police, the accused pressured the person to eat poison, stuffed his physique inside a gunny bag and threw it into the Krishna River.
They’ve confessed to the crime, Vijayapura superintendent of police (SP) Ananda Kumar informed HT. “They claimed that they discovered the couple in an intimate place in a grape property owned by the lady’s household in Hadarihal village,” he mentioned. “The lady panicked and consumed pesticide saved in a storeroom close by.”
The three accused then caught maintain of the person and made him drink the identical poison, he added. “Once they realised he was useless, they stuffed each our bodies in separate gunny baggage and threw them within the Krishna River.”
Police have recovered the person’s physique and search was underway to seek out the lady’s physique, mentioned the SP. “Primarily based on their confession, the police have registered a homicide case in opposition to the three and the 2 arrested have been remanded to judicial custody.”
Each households had been against their relationship, he mentioned. “Up to now, the lady’s household, who belong to an higher caste, had threatened the person to keep away from her. Even then they continued their relationship.”
In response to police, the 19-year-old had accomplished his pre-university diploma and met the lady whereas learning within the district’s Tikota taluk round two years in the past. The person’s household then despatched him to Banahatti in Bagalkote district, round 80km from Vijayapura, to arrange for defence providers examination.
Officers from the Bilagi police, who’re investigating the case, mentioned on September 17, the person had come to his hometown to look for an examination. On September 23, his dad and mom filed a lacking individual’s grievance with the police of their hometown. Quickly after, the lady’s dad and mom additionally filed a grievance claiming she had gone lacking, Bilagi police circle inspector Sivananda Sangamesh informed HT.
Police started their investigation on the suspicion that the couple had eloped. Nevertheless, the person’s physique was fished from the Krishna river at Bilagi village, round 70km away, on September 26.
“Following an investigation, we arrested the lady’s father and uncle on Friday in reference to the case,” mentioned Sangamesh. “The police are looking out for the lady’s grandfather who was additionally concerned within the homicide.”
Police have referred to as in swimming consultants to find her physique. “There are crocodiles within the river, making the search troublesome,” mentioned the SP.
(With inputs from Arun Dev)