Woman critical after ‘honour killing’ bid

Doctors perform 10-hour surgery to save woman after she was attacked by her father

Awoman critically injured in an attack by her father continued to be in a serious condition yesterday, doctors at Yashoda hospital said. However, her husband B. Sandeep was discharged after treatment.

Manohara Chary attacked the newlyweds with a sickle on a busy road at Erragadda on Wednesday evening in what is being seen as an attempted “honour killing”. Chary was upset with Madhavi for marrying a Dalit youth.

According to hospital authorities, a team of doctors, including neurosurgeons, cardiovascular experts and plastic surgeon performed a 10-hour long operation on Madhavi on Wednesday night. She suffered a deep gash on the neck severing blood vessels, which supply blood to the brain. Her ear was also split and she suffered major loss of blood by the time she was brought to hospital.

Deputy Commissioner of police West Zone AR Srinivas, who produced the accused before the media, said that Chary was angry with his daughter for marrying someone outside their caste.

“However, he had no intention of attacking Sandeep and only wanted to kill his daughter,” the DCP said. Sandeep became a target of his fury when he tried to save his wife, police said.

Police have booked a case of attempted murder and another case under SC-ST Prevention of Atrocities Act against Chary, who surrendered himself after the gruesome attack. He was produced in a local court which remanded him to

Madhavi suffered a deep gash on the neck severing blood vessels, which supply blood to the brain. Her ear was also split and she suffered major blood loss before she was brought to hospital.

judicial custody.

According to preliminary investigations, Madhavi and Sadeep were in love for quite some time and she left her parental home after her father began forcing her to marry another boy. She then married Sandeep ten days ago without informing her father. Sandeep, a graduation student, was also working part-time at a local hotel delivering biryani parcels.

Madhavi’s father Chary told police that after the marriage of his daughter against his wishes he had gone into depression.

Apparently Chary was influenced by the “honour killing” incident of Miryalaguda when a wealthy businessman Maruti Rao hired a killer to eliminate his son-in-law as he was unhappy with the intercaste marriage.