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28-Year-Old Youth Kidnapped and Killed Over Inter-Caste Marriage

Hyderabad: In a horrifying case of honour killing, a youth belonging to Hyderabad was kidnapped and killed by the family members of his wife for Marriage her against their desire.

The body of Hemant Kumar, 28, was found in Sangareddy area close to Hyderabad early Friday.

Hemant and his wife Avanti were kidnapped by a group of individuals from their home in TNGO colony in Gachibowli area around 3 p.m. on Thursday.

While Avanti figured out how to escape from their grip by leaping out of the vehicle, they took her husband to the outskirts of the city and killed him.

Cyberabad police department has reportedly taken 12 individuals into custody regarding the kidnap and murder. They included Avanti’s maternal uncle, cousins and hired killers.

Hemant and Avanti, who were neighbours, were in love around eight years back and needed to marry. But, the Avanti’s family, having a place in upper caste, were against the marriage.

Avanti’s family locked her in their house in November a year ago and were searching for another alliance. She later figured out how to get away and on June 10 this year, Hemant and Avanti went into the wedlock at a temple in BHEL.

As the couple confronted threats from Avanti’s family, they went to Cyberabad Police Commissioner V. C. Sajjanar, who alluded the issue to Chandanagar police headquarters. The two sides were called to the police headquarters and Avanti’s family was advised not to bother the couple.

In any case, on Thursday a group of over 10 individuals in three vehicles arrived at Hemant’s home and requested that the couple accompany them.

Avanti said to reporters: We were told that they want to discuss the issue and we boarded the cars. After a few minutes, I realized that we have been kidnapped and I jumped out of the car.

But, the vehicle Hemant was inside sped away towards Outer Ring Road. In spite of the fact that Avanti and Hemant’s family alarmed the police about the situation, the vehicle couldn’t be followed and the youth’s family was educated by police early Friday that his body was found in a field close to Patancheru in Sangareddy locale.

This is the second such horrifying case of honour killing in the state in two years. Prior, a Dalit youth, Pranay, (24) was hacked to death by a hired killer in front of the entire public when he alongside his wife Amrutha and mother was exiting from a private medical clinic in Miryalaguda on September 14, 2018. The horrifying homicide was captured on a CCTV camera.

Maruthi Rao, Amrutha’s father, who was against the marriage, had struck the arrangement to murder Pranay for Rs one crore.

with IANSinput