In one more suspected honour killing reported in Karnataka, a person has been arrested for allegedly murdering his minor daughter by pushing her right into a canal for being in a relationship with a person from one other caste within the state’s Ballari district. The arrested man has been recognized as Omkar Gowda, 45, a supervisor in a bar within the locality, in keeping with the police.
Gowda not too long ago got here to know that his daughter and Nagaraj, a person who labored in the identical bar, have been in a relationship, stated the police. He was livid that his daughter, 15, was in a relationship with a person from one other group. Whereas Gowda is a Lingayat, Nagaraj belongs to the Kuruba group.
Gowda had questioned his daughter over her relationship with Nagaraj and each had fought a number of occasions over it, stated the police. He was additionally livid that she was utilizing a cell phone to speak with Nagaraj and determined to kill her. On October 31, Gowda took his daughter to a theatre however because the film had already begun, he took her to a restaurant and later to a temple.
In line with the police, he introduced her some jewelry and whereas heading again residence at evening, he stopped his two-wheeler close to a canal. He went in the direction of the canal and referred to as his daughter pretending to be interested in some motion within the water. When she got here close to him, he pushed her into the canal. At the same time as she screamed for assist, Gowda left the place, stated the police.
An investigating official stated Gowda later parked his two-wheeler close to his buddy’s home and went to Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh. Gowda’s spouse Padmavathi panicked after her husband and daughter didn’t come residence and approached the native police to file a lacking individual report on November 1.
The official stated they discovered Gowda’s cell phone was energetic at occasions and was tracked. “He left Tirupati, travelled to Bengaluru and Hubballi, and Pandharpur in Maharashtra. We managed to nab him when he was close to Koppal.”
Throughout interrogation, he confessed he killed his daughter as a result of she was in love with Nagaraj. The police stated they’ve booked him below sections 302 (homicide) and 201 (destroying proof) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). He has been despatched to judicial custody.
The police stated they haven’t been in a position to get better the physique of Gowda’s daughter because the canal heads to an enormous lake.
In October, a person and his kin have been held after they killed his 17-year-old daughter and her boyfriend within the Bagalkot district of the state. The daddy had killed his daughter for being in a relationship with a ‘decrease’ caste man.