While Sankar died in the assault, his wife is recovering from grievous head injuries in the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital.
Quoting family and friends of Sankar, a fact finding team of Evidence, a human rights organisation that visited the scene of crime, said that the Dalit youth was under constant threat from his in laws ever since he married Kausalya in July 2015. iphone 5c plus replacement screen The couple settled in Komaralingam, his native village, near Udumalpet.
On one occasion, Kausalya was kidnapped and taken to Usilampatti by her relatives and was later rescued by the police. last week, Kausalya parents came to Komaralingam and offered Rs. 10 lakh to Sankar family to send the girl with them. When she objected to this, they threatened her with dire consequences. Sankar was also threatened often the Madathakkulam police taken action on his complaints, this murder could have been averted, said A. Kathir, executive director of Evidence.
The Udumalpet police have registered a case under Section 302 (murder) of IPC and also invoked the provisions under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against the suspects. Perusing video footage, investigators reportedly identified two of the assailants, police sources said. Kathir said the murder of Sankar was not consequent to any sudden provocation but a well planned case of killing Seeking a compensation of Rs. 10 lakh to the aggrieved family, he said 81 honour killings have been reported in Tamil Nadu since July 2013 and a majority of the victims were women. There were instances where women who married or fell in love with other caste men were murdered and their bodies burnt to erase evidence.
Stressing on the need for a stringent law to prevent honour killings, he said cases of alleged suicides where the family disposed of iphone 5c plus replacement screen bodies without conducting post mortem should be investigated as a case of murder.
