India: Teenager allegedly killed for being in love, cremated in front of girlfriend’s house
Youth beaten with sticks and iron rods till he fell unconscious
Patna: A teenager who was brutally killed for being in love was cremated in front of the house of the accused in Bihar, triggering tension in the area.
A heavy police force has been deployed at the village to calm the tension even as the police have arrested the main accused.
According to reports, Saurabh Kumar, 17, a resident of Muzaffarpur district, had gone to meet his girlfriend on Friday evening when the family members caught him. Subsequently, the boy was tied to a tree and badly beaten with sticks and iron rods until he fell unconscious. The boy’s genitals were also chopped by the accused, police said.
The victim was immediately rushed to a local private hospital and his family members informed but he succumbed to the injuries.
Angry over his death, the victim’s family members attacked the house of the accused on Saturday and performed the funeral of the youth in front of the main entrance of the house belonging to his girlfriend. All the family members of the girl are absconding after the incident.
Video footage showed an angry mob inside the house of the prime accused Sushant Pandey, brother of the girl, and later burning a funeral pyre in front of the main door. A heavy police force has been deployed at the village after the boy’s cremation. The police have arrested three people, including the prime accused, in connection with the incident.
“Prima facie, the boy was killed over an alleged love affair. He was beaten and his genitals were cut off. Post mortem is being done and further details about the injuries will be revealed after the report comes,” local Muzaffarpur district superintendent of police Rajesh Kumar told the media on Sunday. He added an investigation was already underway.
The victim’s father Manish Kumar alleged the girl and the boy had been talking to each other for some time and wanted to marry but the girl’s family was totally against it. According to him, the girl’s family called his son to their house and killed him.
“After his death, the girl’s brother called me to his house and forced me to sign a statement saying Saurabh was handed over to us alive at the point of a gun,” the father of the deceased alleged.