Police in Ballari district have arrested a 48-year-old man for allegedly murdering his 15-year-old daughter over her interfaith relationship with a person, a senior officer stated on Wednesday.
The hate crime was dedicated on October 31 in Siddaramanahalli beneath Kudathini police station space, stated inspector Tarabai.
Police recognized the accused as Omkara Gowda. In accordance with an officer aware about the investigation, Gowda’s daughter was in a relationship with a Muslim man. The household didn’t approve of the connection, however the daughter stay adamant, stated the officer, asking to not be named.
The officer stated Gowda killed the lady after taking her out beneath the pretext of watching a movie. “He took her for a film. Because it had began, they couldn’t enter the theatre. So, he purchased her a gold chain and earrings. Later, the each of them had dinner. Whereas returning residence, he stopped his motorbike close to the Tungabhadra canal and requested his daughter to get off. He took her to the canal and pushed her head contained in the water, killing her,” stated the officer.
Inspector Tarabai stated that after committing the homicide, his spouse lodged a lacking individuals grievance for his daughter on November 1.
“After getting the grievance, we performed a probe in and across the village. We acquired some leads and we additionally discovered that the lady was final seen along with her father. We took him into custody for questioning and through interrogation, he confessed to the crime,” stated Tarabai.
Police introduced Gowda earlier than a neighborhood courtroom on Tuesday which remanded him in 14-day judicial custody.
In September, a 22-year-old man and a 17-year-old lady had been allegedly murdered by her members of the family over their inter-caste relationship in the identical district. Three members of the family of the lady had been arrested in reference to the case whereas a search is on for 4 others, together with her father.
In an analogous case, three family members of a 17-year-old lady had been booked in reference to the alleged homicide of a 19-year-old man over an inter-caste relationship in Karnataka’s Vijayapura district. The person, who belonged to an oppressed caste, was killed minutes after the 17-year-old lady appeared to have died by suicide on September 24, after her household noticed them collectively.