Mettupalayam ‘honour’ killings: Convict gets death penalty
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Mettupalayam ‘honour’ killings: Convict gets death penalty

New Indian Express  

COIMBATORE: A special court in Coimbatore on Wednesday sentenced a 30-year-old man to death for murdering his brother and the latter’s 16-year-old girlfriend in a 2019 ‘honour killing’ case. The court — set up for trying offences under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Act — had last week found the man guilty of double murder. Terming it a “rarest of rare case in the name of caste”, sessions judge K Vivekananthan awarded death sentence to Vinothkumar on Wednesday. As per the prosecution, Vinothkumar’s younger brother Kanagaraj, belonging to Most Backward Community, had decided to marry his minor girlfriend belonging to Scheduled Caste community.

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Sivaganga court sentences man to life for murdering wife
1 week, 2 days ago

Sivaganga court sentences man to life for murdering wife

The Hindu  

Sivaganga mahila court on Wednesday sentenced a man to lifetime imprisonment for killing his wife in 2017. Sivaganga mahila court which heard the case found the husband, his sister and his mother guilty of the charges. Judge Gokul Kumaran sentenced Selvakumar to lifetime imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹21,000. Further, the Judge directed for departmental action against the victim’s …

Kerala man chases wife to friend's house, kills them both suspecting affair; arrested
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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Kerala man chases wife to friend's house, kills them both suspecting affair; arrested

Hindustan Times  

A man from Kalanjoor village in Kerala, allegedly hacked his wife and her friend to death, after suspecting an illicit affair between the two, police officials said on Monday. Representational image: A man in Kerala hacked his wife and her friend to death The man, identified as 32-year-old Baiju, purportedly chased his wife Vaishnavi to her friend Vishnu's house, where …

Man gets 10 years in jail for attempting to murder sister’s husband in 2009
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Man gets 10 years in jail for attempting to murder sister’s husband in 2009

New Indian Express  

VELLORE: The Vellore District Additional Fast Track Court has sentenced a man to 10 years in prison for attempting to murder a farmer over a long-standing dispute. The 45-year-old accused, Vinayagam, a resident of the same area attempted to murder his deceased sister’s husband, Balakrishnan. On May 18, 2009, a heated argument ensued between the two, during which Vinayagam, in …

Mettupalayam ‘honour’ killing: Man gets death penalty for killing brother, Dalit minor girl
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Mettupalayam ‘honour’ killing: Man gets death penalty for killing brother, Dalit minor girl

The Hindu  

Describing the murder of a 22-year-old man and his 16-year-old girlfriend belonging to a Scheduled Caste community near Mettupalayam in 2019 as a “rarest of rare” case, a Special Court in Coimbatore on Wednesday awarded a death sentence to the man’s elder brother for the caste killing. Judge K. Vivekananthan of the Special Court for the trial of cases registered …

Bengaluru triple murder: Man kills wife, daughter and niece with machete; tells police, ‘couldn’t tolerate and…’
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Bengaluru triple murder: Man kills wife, daughter and niece with machete; tells police, ‘couldn’t tolerate and…’

Live Mint  

Bengaluru triple murder: A horrifying incident has come to light from Bengaluru's Peenya area where a man killed his wife, his 19 year old daughter and his sister-in-law's 23-year old daughter. Bengaluru techie, wife poison their 2 kids In a suspected murder-suicide pact, a techie and his wife allegedly killed their two children before committing suicide at their rented residence …

Woman Sentenced for Killing Brother in Shabad
3 months ago

Woman Sentenced for Killing Brother in Shabad

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A woman accused of murdering her brother in a dispute over family property in Bodampahad, Shabad mandal, was sentenced to life imprisonment and fined Rs.5,000 by the X ADJ Court, Rangareddy, at LB Nagar. The incident occurred on March 22, 2014 when Arunamma, 36, visited her brother Balraj's home to demand her share of their father's agricultural land. An …

Six arrested for murder near Coimbatore
4 months, 1 week ago

Six arrested for murder near Coimbatore

The Hindu  

Six persons, including a couple, have been arrested for the alleged murder of P. Elangovan, a resident of Vagarayampalayam near Karumathampatti in Coimbatore district, on November 15. The couple - Amirtharaj, 46, and his wife Kalaivani, 35, of Vagarayampalayam - were arrested on Monday, while Micheal Pushparaj, Veerasamy, Arockiasamy and a 17-year-old boy, all from Dindigul district, were held on …

Gujarat: Interfaith Love Meets Tragic End As Man Beaten To Death By Wife's Relatives, 6 Arrested
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Gujarat: Interfaith Love Meets Tragic End As Man Beaten To Death By Wife's Relatives, 6 Arrested

ABP News  

Dwarka News: A 24-year-old man from Devbhumi Dwarka district of Gujarat was allegedly beaten to death on Saturday by the relatives of his wife, who disapproved of her interfaith marriage. But they returned to Shedhakhai around 45 days ago,” K K Maru, Sub-Inspector of the Bhanvad police station, reported on Monday, according to Indian Express. Dwarka News: Accused Face Murder, …

Man murders girlfriend's parents after rejected marriage proposal in Warangal
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Man murders girlfriend's parents after rejected marriage proposal in Warangal

New Indian Express  

WARANGAL: A man allegedly murdered his girlfriend's parents after they rejected the couple's marriage proposal on Thursday morning. According to sources, Deepika, the daughter of the deceased couple, is pursuing a degree course in Hanamkonda city, where Nagaraju was also working. However, Deepika's father, Srinivas, refused the marriage proposal. Upon learning that Deepika's parents were not accepting their marriage and …

Wife’s brother-in-law killed over affair: Cops
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Wife’s brother-in-law killed over affair: Cops

Hindustan Times  

A 38-year-old man was allegedly stoned to death and then burnt by his sister-in-law’s husband, who suspected him of having an illicit affair with his wife, on the outskirts of Aland Taluk in Kalaburagi district, the police said on Wednesday. According to the police, Vijayakumar Nellagi, resident of Savleshwar in Alanda taluk, had allegedly murdered his wife’s brother-in-law identified as …

13 villagers in AP sentenced to life term for killing boy
1 year, 9 months ago

13 villagers in AP sentenced to life term for killing boy

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Thirteen persons have been sentenced to life imprisonment by the district court in the case of murder of a boy and causing injuries to another youth in Adavuladeevi village in year 2016. The order was issued by the Tenali 11th additional district court’s magistrate G Malathi, in Bapatla district on Wednesday. According to the police case, Jasmin, a woman …

Hate crime: 3 of family held for killing couple in K’taka district
2 years, 5 months ago

Hate crime: 3 of family held for killing couple in K’taka district

Hindustan Times  

A 22-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl were allegedly murdered by her family members over their inter-caste relationship in Bagalkote district of Karnataka, police said on Monday. Bagalkot rural police circle inspector Bheemappa Suri told HT the murders in Bagalkote were committed on September 30 in Bevinamatti village f Bagalkote district but came to light on Tuesday while they probing …

Newly-wed Couple Hacked to Death in Tamil Nadu by Bride’s Brother Over Inter-caste Marriage
2 years, 9 months ago

Newly-wed Couple Hacked to Death in Tamil Nadu by Bride’s Brother Over Inter-caste Marriage

News 18  

In a shocking incident in Kumbakonam city in Thanjavur, a newlywed couple in has been murdered by the bride’s brother on June 13 over inter-caste marriage. As Saranya’s family had already decided to get her married to 28-year-old Ranjith, one of the accused in the case, Saranya married Mohan last week without the knowledge of her family and later informed …

'Kyun mar rahe ho mujhe': Wife recalls Dalit man's last words as her Muslim family killed him for honour
2 years, 10 months ago

'Kyun mar rahe ho mujhe': Wife recalls Dalit man's last words as her Muslim family killed him for honour

India Today  

Nagaraju, a 25-year-old Dalit man, died while pleading for mercy from the unknown assailants who relentlessly thrashed and murdered him on a busy Hyderabad street on Wednesday. Nagaraju's wife, Syed Ashrin Sultana, who was present at the time of the incident, said, "They repeatedly hit my husband on his head.Mere husband bole mat maaro, please mujhe mat maro, kyun maar …

Saroornagar honour killing: 2 held for killing man
2 years, 10 months ago

Saroornagar honour killing: 2 held for killing man

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Sleuths from Saroornagar police arrested two murder accused within two hours after an inter-faith honour killing was reported late Wednesday night. The accused followed Billiampuram Nagaraju before striking him with a 12 mm crowbar and later stabbing him to death in front of his newly-wedded wife on the main road at Panjala Anil Kumar colony in Saroornagar. Despite the …

Tamil Nadu man visits girlfriend's home on hearing of her marriage, beaten to death
3 years, 9 months ago

Tamil Nadu man visits girlfriend's home on hearing of her marriage, beaten to death

India Today  

Four people were arrested for killing a 21-year-old man in the Dindigul district of Tamil Nadu over his alleged affair with a girl belonging to the family of the accused. Bharathiraja was in love with a girl named Parameswari, 20, from Mullai Nagar, Moongilpatti in Tamil Nadu. On seeing Bharatiraja outside their residence, Parameswari's parents, brother Malaichamy and relatives got …

In a case of 'honour killing' in Tamil Nadu, a boy from a Most Backward Caste group is hacked to death by relatives of the girl he loved
4 years, 2 months ago

In a case of 'honour killing' in Tamil Nadu, a boy from a Most Backward Caste group is hacked to death by relatives of the girl he loved

The Hindu  

In a gruesome incident, a 23–year-old engineering graduate from a Most Backward Caste group was hacked in broad daylight in front of a temple in the heart of Karur town in Tamil Nadu by a gang that included the father and a few relatives of the girl he loved, on January 6. He and the girl, Meena, from the backward …

Man who killed 9 in Warangal gets death penalty
4 years, 5 months ago

Man who killed 9 in Warangal gets death penalty

Deccan Chronicle  

WARANGAL: A Warangal court Wednesday gave the death sentence to accused, Sanjay Kumar Yadav, 24, a native of Daulatpur in Bihar, for the murder of nine people in Gorrekunta of Warangal Rural district on May 20 earlier this year. The additional sessions court judge, K. Jaya Kumar, delivered the judgement after the public prosecutor, Satyanarayana, argued strongly before him that …

Kanyakumari: Irked by wife's job, man tries to set her ablaze, held
4 years, 6 months ago

Kanyakumari: Irked by wife's job, man tries to set her ablaze, held

India Today  

Sureshrajan, a 53-year-old man in Kanyakumari has been booked for attempt to murder after he tried to set his wife, 40-year-old wife Epshibai, on fire. On August 2, Epshibai got a job in a court that irked Sureshrajan. He then tried to pour petrol on his wife and attempted to set her ablaze. Neighbours who heard the woman's cry for …

Inspired by Drishyam, man kills wife to live with girlfriend; files missing complaint after disposing-off body
5 years, 3 months ago

Inspired by Drishyam, man kills wife to live with girlfriend; files missing complaint after disposing-off body

India Today  

In a shocking incident, a man killed his wife reportedly because he wanted to live with his girlfriend. After committing the crime, the accused also filed a complaint with the police claiming his wife has gone missing. Premkumar and his wife Vidhya stayed in a villa in Thiruvananthapuram on September 20 and at night, Premkumar strangled Vidhya to death with …

Dalit girl attacked in suspected honour killing dies
5 years, 9 months ago

Dalit girl attacked in suspected honour killing dies

India TV News  

A teenaged Dalit girl, who was hacked allegedly in an act of honour killing in Mettupalayam, four days ago, died in hospital early on Saturday, Tamil Nadu police said. The National Commission for Scheduled Caste assured to recommend to the central and Tamil Nadu governments on the need for a strong legislation against honour killings as was demanded by various …

Honour killing: 22-year-old man murdered by brother in Coimbatore for marrying Dalit woman
5 years, 9 months ago

Honour killing: 22-year-old man murdered by brother in Coimbatore for marrying Dalit woman

India Today  

A 22-year-old man was allegedly murdered by a gang led by his brother, hours after he married an 18-year-old Dalit woman against the wish of his family. The incident happened in Mettupalayam taluk of Coimbatore district in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, reported the Hindustan Times. A police official told media that the deceased and his wife had met while studying …

Brother kills man allegedly for marrying out of caste
5 years, 9 months ago

Brother kills man allegedly for marrying out of caste

Hindustan Times  

Hours after he married an 18-year-old Dalit woman, a 22-year-old man was murdered allegedly by a gang led by his brother in Mettupalayam taluk of Coimbatore district in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday. When Kanakan who belongs to Goundar caste sought his parent’s permission to marry Priya, they did not agree as she was a Dalit. Police suspect Kanakan’s brother, K …

Tamil Nadu: Six get death sentence for honour' killing
7 years, 3 months ago

Tamil Nadu: Six get death sentence for honour' killing

Deccan Chronicle  

TIRUPUR: In a landmark ruling, a Special Court here trying cases under the Prevention of Atrocities Against Scheduled Castes and Tribes Act, convicted and sentenced six persons to double death penalty in a sensational case of suspected ‘honour killing’ of a Dalit youth Shankar who had married an upper-caste girl, in full public view in Udumalpet in March last year. …

1998 double murder case in Mumbai: High court upholds Vijay Palande’s life sentence
7 years, 8 months ago

1998 double murder case in Mumbai: High court upholds Vijay Palande’s life sentence

Hindustan Times  

The Bombay high court on Thursday upheld the life sentence that a trial court awarded Vijay Palande for murdering Juhu resident Swaraj Ranjan Das in 1998. The court dismissed an appeal by Palande challenging his conviction and the life term, and held that though the prosecution’s case was based on circumstantial evidence, the “established circumstances unerringly pointed to his guilt.” …

Man smashes person to death in Tamil Nadu, says he did it to spend rest of his life in jail
9 years, 9 months ago

Man smashes person to death in Tamil Nadu, says he did it to spend rest of his life in jail

Firstpost  

A man suspected to be mentally unsound killed a person sleeping at a bus stand in Mettupalayam by smashing his head with a stone, police said. Coimbatore: A man suspected to be mentally unsound killed a person sleeping at a bus stand in Mettupalayam by smashing his head with a stone, police said. The accused, T Muthuraj, from Nilakottai in …

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