Honour killing in Kolar: 19-year-old girl murdered by father for loving boy of different caste
Kolar: In an incident of alleged honour killing, a man in Totli village of Kolar taluk murdered his teenage daughter for loving a youngster belonging to a different caste. The man father has been taken into custody by the local police.
The deceased youngster is identified as Ramya, a 19-year-old girl from Totli, who was killed by her father Venkatesh Gowda.
Her family had objected that she was dating a youth from a different caste and tried to advise her against continuing the relationship, but Ramya refused to end the relationship. Angered by his daughter's obstinacy, Venkatesh Gowda murdered Ramya on Friday, August 25, after which, the family also conducted the funeral rites of the girl, police have said.
The locals, however, turned suspicious about the cause for Ramya's death and informed the police. The incident is learned to have come to light as Gowda was detained and questioned by the police. Tahsildar Harshavardhan visited Ramya's grave on Sunday. He ordered that her body be exhumed and sent to conduct a post-mortem test.
A case has been registered at the Kolar Rural Police Station, investigation is underway.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
