Love, ‘marriage’, and a triple murder in Bihar
1 year, 1 month ago

Love, ‘marriage’, and a triple murder in Bihar

The Hindu  

I want him hanged,” Draupadi Devi says, between bouts of tears and practical exchanges with relatives on what to do next. The police say Choudhary, a Dalit, and Devi’s daughter, a Brahmin, were in love, got married, lived in Patna briefly, and were summoned back home by her family. Sudha Devi, a relative, asks rhetorically, “Why would a Brahmin family allow their daughter to marry a man from a Scheduled Caste?” Choudhary’s two-storey house is locked, with two police constables deputed outside. Married or not Sanjay Kumar, Deputy Inspector General of Police in the Munger range, under whose jurisdiction Lakhisarai falls, says, “Both had got married four years ago in a temple in Patna, and they stayed together on Nala road.” He adds that they have not yet traced the landlord. His alleged Facebook account, with 4,982 ‘friends’, says he is “married”, with pictures of him with a woman with sindoor and mangalsutra, from January 2022.

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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India TV News  

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