Probing a criticism relating to a 17-year-old woman going lacking in Karnataka’s Bagalkot, police came upon that she, together with a 25-year-old Dalit man with whom she was in a relationship, was allegedly killed by her father and a few relations. The our bodies, police stated, have been dumped right into a river and are but to be recovered.
Police on Tuesday arrested the woman’s father and three relations for the murders, whereas three others are on the run.
“4 individuals, together with woman’s father, have been arrested and three extra are on the run. The our bodies, which have been thrown right into a river close to Alamatti river, are but to be recovered,” stated Bagalkot SP Jayaprakash.
Earlier this yr, the information of relationship between Vishwanath Nelagi (25) and the minor woman of a village in Bagalkot district left the woman’s household uneasy as she was an higher caste Kuruba whereas the person belonged to the Valmiki neighborhood, police stated.
The woman’s household contacted Vishwanath, who labored in Kasargod, and warned him to avoid their daughter, nevertheless, inside days, the woman ran away from her home, police stated. The members of the family tracked her down in Mangaluru and introduced her again.
Nevertheless, the woman remained adamant on her stand to marry Vishwanath. Ultimately, the household requested her to name Vishwanath for a gathering to debate marriage. On October 1, she referred to as Vishwanath early morning and so they met at Naragund as her father and a few relations waited in two autos close by, police stated.
In accordance with the police, Vishwanath was allegedly crushed to demise inside a car, whereas she was strangled utilizing her ‘dupatta’ in one other automotive. Later, the our bodies have been de-robed and thrown into Krishna river close to Hanagund. “They eliminated garments deliberately to make the job simpler for fish and crocodiles,” stated a police officer.
On October 7, her father approached the Bagalkot rural police with a lacking criticism, saying his daughter stepped out of the home to attend nature’s name on September 28 and didn’t return.
In the course of the probe, police discovered alternate of cellphone calls between the woman, her father, a relative and Vishwanath until October 1. Her father confessed to the crime when police questioned him.
“We’re unable to hint the our bodies as it’s a huge river,” stated a police officer from Bagalkot rural police station.