Dalit woman beaten to death by non-dalit husband, in-laws.
A 28-year-old dalit woman was beaten to death and buried by her non-dalit husband and in-laws at a village near Bhuvanagiri in Cuddalore district. The murder took place on June 3 but it came to light recently. Police on Saturday exhumed the body and sent it for postmortem.Police said P Seetha of Aathivarahantham village and Saravanan got married on May 5 after a brief courtship despite strong objections from Saravanan’s family. The couple started living in Keerapalayam. But the relationship turned sour after the marriage and Seetha started complaining of abuse by her husband and in-laws.
Seetha went missing on June 3. Her parents, after failing to get details about her whereabouts from Saravanan, lodged a complaint with the Bhuvanagiri police on July 8.
On July 16, Saravanan surrendered before the Panruti judicial magistrate and confessed to murdering his wife
with the help of his mother Selvi, sister Sakunthala and brother-in-law Venkatesan.Police arrested Selvi, Sakunthala and Venkatesan on July 17 and produced them before a local court which remanded them in judicial custody. Preliminary inquiries revealed that Seetha, who was invited by Saravanan to his parents’ house in Kadavacheri, was beaten to death by him, his mother, sister and brotherin-law. They later set her body on fire and buried it near their house, police said.
Various dalit rights organisations, condemning the brutal murder, have demanded that the district police book all the accused under the SC/ ST Prevention of Atrocities Act. The activists also demanded that the postmortem be videographed.
Source: The Times of india dt 20-7-14
Seetha went missing on June 3. Her parents, after failing to get details about her whereabouts from Saravanan, lodged a complaint with the Bhuvanagiri police on July 8.
On July 16, Saravanan surrendered before the Panruti judicial magistrate and confessed to murdering his wife
with the help of his mother Selvi, sister Sakunthala and brother-in-law Venkatesan.Police arrested Selvi, Sakunthala and Venkatesan on July 17 and produced them before a local court which remanded them in judicial custody. Preliminary inquiries revealed that Seetha, who was invited by Saravanan to his parents’ house in Kadavacheri, was beaten to death by him, his mother, sister and brotherin-law. They later set her body on fire and buried it near their house, police said.
Various dalit rights organisations, condemning the brutal murder, have demanded that the district police book all the accused under the SC/ ST Prevention of Atrocities Act. The activists also demanded that the postmortem be videographed.
Source: The Times of india dt 20-7-14
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