Inter Caste Marriage Ends In Murder

Inter-caste marriage ends in couple’s murder
Ashok Kaura

Phagwara, June 17
The recent inter-caste marriage, solemnised by a young couple from Bihar, ended after the brutal murder of the couple. They were found dead in nearby Miherru village in Phagwara sub-division on Thursday morning.

SSP Kapurthala Ram Singh, who visited the site, said veins of the necks of both husband and wife, identified as Kamlesh Singh Yadav and Khushvu Kumari, were found cut.

The bodies with blood stains were noticed by their employer Amarjit Singh, also the sarpanch of the village.

Chiherru Police SHO Hargurdev Singh said the police had recovered a blade with bloodstains near the site of murder.

He said the police had registered a case under section 302 of the IPC and sent the bodies to local Civil Hospital for the post-mortem examination.

SSP Ram Singh said the police was working on various theories. “We have succeeded to get vital clues of the murder and hopefully killers would soon be nabbed,” he added. Dog squads and fingerprint experts were summoned and it was observed that dog squads stopped on a road towards Salarpur.

SP Phagwara Kamaljit Singh Dhillon, SP (D) Lakhwinder Singh Khaira and other police officials were investigating the matter and cause of murder.

The Tribune has learnt that Kamlesh (21) of Baharpur village fell in love with Khushvu (20) of Maziana village of Jahanabad district in Bihar and both solemnised their marriage in Bihar and came to Punjab and registered their marriage in the high court about three months back and started living in Miherru village. They took up a job in the fields of sarpanch Amarjit Singh few months back.

The Tribune has observed that perhaps this inter-caste marriage was not acceptable to their parents.