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Proposal to 10-year-old costs man life
A 57-year-old man died of his injuries yesterday in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district after being thrashed by villagers for allegedly proposing marriage to a 10-year-old girl, the police said.
- IANS
- Published: 23:41 January 11, 2009
Kolkata: A 57-year-old man died of his injuries yesterday in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district after being thrashed by villagers for allegedly proposing marriage to a 10-year-old girl, the police said.
The incident took place in Baniagaon village under Alipurduar police station, some 550km from state capital Kolkata.
"Satyananda Goludi was tied to a roadside tree and beaten by villagers on Saturday evening for allegedly proposing marriage to his 10-year-old neighbour, Rina. Police pulled him free but he suffered serious head, chest and abdominal injuries," a senior police official at the Alipurduar police station said.
"Goludi died on Sunday afternoon," the officer said.
According to the police, Goludi, a bachelor, had been very affectionate towards Rina since she was three years old.
No arrests made
The girl spent hours at Goludi's place every day and he would get small gifts for her but the villagers had always taken it to be a case of fatherly affection, the police said.
But when Rina went to meet Goludi on Saturday afternoon, he proposed marriage to her and promised to get her gold jewellery if she agreed. Rina returned home and told her father about the incident.
"Rina's father, along with about eight villagers, dragged Goludi out of his house, tied him to a tree and beat him up for at least two hours," police said.
No arrests have been made in connection with the incident, the police said.
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