Naresh, victim of honour killing
Son-in-law killed, set afire by upper caste man
Three weeks after 23-yearold Amboji Naresh, who had married an upper caste girl T. Swathi, went missing from Bhongir, Rachakonda police found that Swathi’s father had murdered him, burnt his body, and disposed of the ashes in Musi River. Police arrested Swathi’s father T. Srinivas Reddy and his nephew Nalla Sathi Reddy on the charges of murder and for concealing evidence.
Police said that it was a revenge killing for Naresh eloping and marrying Swathi. His father, A. Venkataiah, had earlier filed a habeas corpus in the High Court after the youth went missing.
The brutal killing took place in a field owned by Srinivas Reddy on the night of May 2. “Swathi and Naresh, who had eloped to Mumbai, had come to Bhongir on that day. Swathi reached her home at 8 pm. After dinner at around 11 pm, Srinivas Reddy saw Naresh near his house on a bike. He and Sathi Reddy chased him on their bikes, caught him and took him to his field, where the murder happened,” said Rachakonda Commissioner of Police Mahesh Bhagwat.
Three weeks after 23year-old Amboji Naresh, who had married upper caste girl T. Swathi, went missing from Bhongir, Rachakonda police found that Swathi’s father T. Srinivas Reddy and his nephew Nalla Sathi Reddy had murdered him, burnt his body, and disposed the ashes in Musi River.
“While Naresh was trying to argue with Sathi, Srinivas Reddy hit Naresh with a tractor rod on his neck. Naresh died on the spot. Both the suspects then gathered some husk, put the body on top and lit a fire. As they could not burn the body fully, they bought five litres of petrol from Athmakur, and burnt the body again till it turned into ashes," said the Commissioner. Next day morning, Reddy collected the ashes and threw it into the Musi River.
In order to erase all evidence, the suspects took Naresh’s mobile phone to Moula Ali railway station, damaged it and threw it away. The police is trying to find the phone.
BODY BURNT
When Reddy and Sathi met Naresh at midnight, Reddy pacified him. Naresh went with them not knowing that he was going to be killed. At the field Reddy hit Naresh with a rod. The body was burnt. As area was remote nobody saw the flames.