‘Honour’ killing: Dalit youth murdered by five people in Chennai

Chennai: In a case of ethnic pride murder, a 22-year-old Dalit youth was allegedly murdered by a five-member gang, which also included the brother-in-law of the deceased, near a bar in Pallikaranai, Chennai. on Saturday night. All the accused were arrested the next day. The deceased, G Praveen alias Ashiq of Pallikaranai, was a bike mechanic who started working with his father Gopi soon after schooling. Pallikaranai police said Praveen and D Sharmila (20) of Jalladianpet, now a fourth-year student in a private college, were in a relationship since their school days. While Praveen belonged to the Scheduled Caste Adi Dravidian community, Sharmila belonged to the Yadav community, another backward caste. The couple got married last October, despite opposition from their parents.

Sharmila told reporters that her family had been threatening the couple since their marriage. She said that her parents had filed a case against Praveen accusing him of kidnapping her and when the couple went to the police station to clarify that they had given consent to the marriage, her brother tried to kill them. Threatened. However, a senior police officer said that the deceased was also accused of murder of a ganja smuggler in 2022 and the aspect that the murder was carried out in retaliation could not be ruled out as the three accused were associates of the slain smuggler.

Who gave my brother the right to kill my husband?

The main accused – Sharmila’s brother – D Dinesh (23), N Sriram (18), S Vishnu Raj (25), R Stephen Kumar (24), and B Jothi Lingam (25) of Jalladianpet were arrested by a special team from Tambaram. have done. City Police. According to the police, around 9 pm on Saturday night, when Praveen had gone out to buy dinner for his family, he received a call from a friend, Shriram, who asked him to come to a place. There, he was surrounded by the gang who allegedly hacked him to death with knives. When he fell down drenched in blood, the gang fled the spot. A passerby informed the police and took Praveen to Chromepet Government Hospital where he was declared brought dead. Pallikaranai police recovered his body and sent it for postmortem. Later the body was handed over to his family.

A police source said that Sriram, who was close to Praveen and knew his whereabouts, had informed the gang and helped them in the murder. “We are yet to confirm when and how Dinesh, Sriram and others came together to hatch the murder conspiracy. An investigation is underway,” said a senior police officer. A case was registered under IPC section 302 (murder) and Section 3(2)(v) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. After questioning, all five were sent to judicial custody.

Speaking to media persons at her in-laws house in Pallikaranai, Sharmila said, “Since caste was a problem for my family, we eloped five months ago and had a self-respect marriage. At that time in the police station, my elder brother Dinesh had threatened to kill both of us or only Praveen. Who is he (Dinesh) to interfere in my life? I was happily married. Who gave him the right to kill my husband?” Sad Sharmila asked. Reiterating that Sharmila’s family had threatened to kill Praveen at the time of their marriage, the deceased’s uncle Kavirasu told TNIE, “Two months ago, they (Sharmila’s family) had come to Praveen’s house and created a ruckus Was. Furthermore, when Praveen went to drop Sharmila to college, his father and brother threatened the couple. Praveen’s father Gopi is still shocked by his son’s death and can be heard cursing the caste system and the killers. Near the mortuary she was heard repeatedly saying, “My son had gone to buy dinner and has not returned yet.”

Courtesy: Hindi News

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