20-year-old Karnataka nursing student thrashed to death over intercaste relationship with SC girl, 4 held
According to police, the girl's relatives purportedly invited the young man, belonging to Maratha Kshatriya community, to their residence and assaulted him using clubs and iron rods on Monday night.
The police have registered a case at Kalaburagi University station under sections 307 (attempt to murder), 302 (murder), 143(unlawful assembly) and 146 (common intent by unlawful assembly) of Indian Penal Code (IPC). Four people have been arrested for allegedly thrashing to death a 20-year-old nursing student reportedly due to his intercaste relationship with a 16-year-old Scheduled Caste girl in Karnataka’s Kalaburagi district.
According to the police, the girl’s relatives allegedly invited the young man, belonging to upper caste, to their residence and assaulted him using clubs and iron rods on Monday night.
The victim, identified as Abhishek, a resident of Kalaburagi, died of severe head injuries and blood loss, the investigators said.
A police officer said, “Abhishek, belonging to the Maratha Kshatriya community, had been in a relationship with the girl, a member of the Lambani community for about three years. Despite opposition from the girl’s family, the couple maintained their relationship through mobile phones.”
Therefore, the girl’s relatives lured Abhishek to come to their residence on Monday, where he was fatally assaulted by her uncle and other family members.
The local residents alerted the police and the man was shifted to Gulbarga Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) hospital, where he succumbed to injuries.
The police have registered a case at Kalaburagi University station under sections 307 (attempt to murder), 302 (murder), 143(unlawful assembly) and 146 (common intent by unlawful assembly) of Indian Penal Code (IPC).
All four accused have been remanded in judicial custody, the police said.
The man’s body was handed over to his family for final rites on Tuesday.
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