Minor girl who cleared SSLC exam beheaded in Kodagu
A minor girl from Kumbaragadige village in Somwarpet taluk of Kodagu was on Thursday beheaded by a person to whom she was engaged to. The incident has sent shock waves across the district.
The girl had cleared the SSLC examination, the results of which were announced on Thursday morning, and she had reasons to celebrate.
But she got engaged to 33-year-old Prakash on the same day, and this was objected to by the District Child Rights Protection Unit, which learnt of the development and intervened. Local police said the Child Helpline received a call about the engagement and it alerted the ocials concerned.
Prakash
Sources said ocials of the Social Welfare Department reached the spot and counselled the girl’s parents. They told the parents that since she was a minor, it was unlawful for her to marry, and they took a bond from them that their daughter would not be married till she turned 18, the legal age for marriage for a girl.
Meanwhile, Prakash returned to the girl’s home late in the evening and, in a t of anger, swiped at the parents of the girl, Subramani and Janaki, with a sharp weapon and in¥icted severe injuries on their arms. Later, the girl was dragged out of the house to a distance of 150 metres, and her head was severed from her torso.
While Prakash escaped from the scene of the crime, the minor girl’s brother gave a written complaint to the police about the developments. The police, which reached the spot, shifted the girl’s parents to a hospital for treatment, besides providing them with security cover.
The weapon used for committing the crime was recovered at a little distance away from the scene. A posse of eight to 10 armed personnel have been deployed in the village, which was in an isolated place, so as to infuse a sense of security among the local people.