‘Neha Hiremath was murdered for refusing to marry, no love jihad angle’: CID in its chargesheet
In March this year, the couple started fighting over small issues and Neha Hiremath started avoiding Khondunaik. On April 18 around 4.40 pm, Khondunaik waited for her outside the college and killed her on the spot.
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On April 18, Neha Hiremath, 23, the daughter of Hubballi Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) corporator Niranjan Hiremath, was stabbed by Khondunaik, her former classmate, on the campus of the KLE Technological University.
The Karnataka Criminal Investigation Department (CID), which is probing the Neha Hiremath murder that took place in Hubballi in April, in its chargesheet before the court has said that accused Fayaz Khondunaik murdered her for refusing to marry him.
While the victim’s father Niranjan Hiremath had alleged that it was a case of ‘love jihad’, the CID has ruled out any such angle. It can be recalled that the Neha Hiremath murder during the Lok Sabha elections had turned political as the BJP alleged that it was a case of love jihad.
On April 18, Neha Hiremath, 23, the daughter of Hubballi Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) corporator Niranjan Hiremath, was stabbed by Khondunaik, her former classmate, on the campus of the KLE Technological University.
She was a first-year MCA student. Initially, the case was registered at the Vidyanagar police station. But the case, which had taken a political turn after the BJP alleged it was a case of ‘love jihad’, was handed over to the CID.
M H Paika, CID Deputy Superintendent of Police who has submitted a 483-page chargesheet, has named 99 witnesses, CCTV footage, a post-mortem report, a Forensic Science Laboratory report, and other evidence.
According to the chargesheet, Khondunaik and Hiremath were classmates in 2020-21 at the PC Jabin Science College while studying Bachelor of Computer Science (BCA). Later, they became friends and by 2022, they were in a relationship.
In March this year, the couple started fighting over small issues and Neha Hiremath started avoiding Khondunaik. On April 18 around 4.40 pm, Khondunaik, who had bought a monkey cap and a knife, waited for her outside the college and killed her on the spot. In the chargesheet, the CID said that while stabbing he said, “How can you cheat me after loving me for so many days? I won’t leave you.”
The police have pressed IPC sections 302 (murder), 341 (wrongful restraint) and 506 (criminal intimidation) against Khondunaik.
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