Dalit man goes to meet girlfriend, her family beat him to death
- | Saturday | 27th February, 2021
A 22-year-old Dalit man, who went to meet his girlfriend from a different caste, was allegedly tied up, head tonsured and beaten to death by her family members in Agra, police said on Friday. He later succumbed at a hospital. Five members of the woman’s family have been arrested.
A 22-year-old Dalit man, who went to meet his girlfriend from a different caste, was allegedly tied up, head tonsured and beaten to death by her family members in Agra, police said on Friday. He later succumbed at a hospital. Five members of the woman’s family have been arrested.
The deceased man, Pawan Kumar, was a resident of Prem Nagar and the incident took place under Rasulpur police station limits.
Kumar’s family said that he was in a ‘relationship’ with the 20-year-old woman, a resident of Shanti Nagar, for a year. The woman had called Kumar around 1am to meet her, the family claimed. Kumar was later mercilessly thrashed at the woman`s house. On hearing Kumar cry for help, locals called the cops.
Kumar’s brother Akash said, “We came to know about the incident at 7am. We found him lying inside a police van. He was taken to district hospital where he succumbed. Before dying, he narrated the entire incident to the police. He was called by the woman at her home. Her family then brutally beat him up.”
Additional superintendent of police Mukesh Chandra Mishra said, “A case has been registered under IPC section 302 (murder) against seven persons, including the woman`s father and five other family members. Five have been arrested. The matter is being probed further."
Rasulpur SHO Fateh Bahadur Bhadoriya said, “The man was tied up and beaten with sticks. The body has been sent for postmortem. The woman`s father and other relatives have confessed to their crime. The woman along with four others will be sent to jail. Two others are absconding.”
Sources said that Kumar and the woman knew each other and they were in regular touch, though secretly, over the phone for several months. The woman`s family was against their friendship and Kumar was warned to stay away from her.
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