HINDU MAN KILLED BY KIN OF HIS MUSLIM WIFE
A 25-year-old Hindu man was killed and his 23-year-old wife was injured in an attack by her brother in a suspected hate crime in Hyderabad late on Wednesday, police said, adding that the woman’s brother and his friend have been arrested in connection to the case.the deceased was identified as Billipuram Nagaraju.
“We have arrested the two killers – Syed Mobind Ahmed (30) who is the brother of the deceased’s wife and his friend Mohammad Masood Ahmed (29) within hours of the brutal murder of Nagaraju. We are producing the accused before the local court for judicial custody,” deputy commissioner of police (LB Nagar zone) Sunpreet Singh said on Thursday.
Police have registered a murder case against the arrested duo. According to Singh, the families of the couple, who got married on January 31 this year after eloping, were against their relationship.
HYDERABAD: A 25-year-old Hindu man who married a Muslim woman was killed by his wife’s brother in a suspected hate crime in Hyderabad late on Wednesday, police said, adding that two people were arrested in connection with the case.
The woman, too, was injured in the attack, police added.
The victim was identified as Billipuram Nagaraju, from Marpally village in Vikarabad district. He was working as a salesman in an automobile showroom in Hyderabad.
“We have arrested the two killers – Syed Mobind Ahmed (30) who is the brother of the deceased’s wife and his friend Mohammad Masood Ahmed (29). We are producing the accused in a local court for judicial custody,” DCP Sunpreet Singh said.
The DCP said a case was registered at Saroornagar police station against the accused under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code, besides Section 3 (2)(V) of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 2015, as the victim belonged to the Mala community – listed as a scheduled caste. According to Singh, Nagaraju was in a relationship with 23-year-old Syed Ashrin Sultana for more than five years. “Mobin Ahmed had warned his sister several times against moving around with Nagaraju..,” the DCP said. On January 30 this year, the couple eloped. The following day, they got married at an Arya Samaj Mandir, the DCP said. Sultana converted to Hinduism and changed her name to Pallavi, said the senior police officer.
“On February 1, Sultana’s family members filed a missing person case in Balanagar police station and started searching for her,” Singh said.
According to the DCP, the couple fled to Visakhapatnam, where they stayed at a friend’s place for two months. They moved back to Hyderabad and were staying in a rented house in Saroor Nagar. The officer said accused Mobin Ahmed tracked down Nagaraju to a showroom in Malakpet. On Wednesday night, Mobin and Masood followed the couple when they were returning home, he added.
As they approached Panjala Anil Kumar Colony, the accused waylaid the two. “Mobin pushed the couple down from the bike and started beating Nagaraju with an iron rod indiscriminately on his head. Masood took out a knife and stabbed him indiscriminately. After confirming that Nagaraju died, the accused fled the spot...”
Sultana, who tried to stop her brother, was also assaulted and pushed away, he added.
Based on CCTV footage, the police tracked the accused and arrested them within hours, the DCP added.