Vijayawada: In a shocking incident of honour killing, a man in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh killed his daughter for being in love with a boy from another caste, police said Tuesday.
K Venka Reddy strangled his daughter K Vaishnavi, 20, to death at their house in Kottapalem village in Thallur block, Monday. He later informed relatives and the villagers that she died of a cardiac arrest. However, police rushed to the village on a tip-off and found injury marks on her body, including around the neck. The body was shifted for autopsy and a case was registered at Thallur police station. The father was arrested.
Studying in B Com second year in a private college in Ongole town, Vaishnavi had fallen in love with a classmate, belonging to another caste and hailing from Lingasamudram village. Sources said that the two were in love for the last two years. The parents of the girl came to know about the affair eight months back and had admonished her.
Vaishnavi left her home February 2 and reached Markapuram with plans to elope with her lover. But her parents came to know about it and brought her back home. A heated argument ensued between Venka Reddy and his daughter and in a fit of rage he strangled her.
This is the fourth incident of honour killing in Prakasam district in four years and third in Thallur block.
The latest was five months ago, a man had strangled his daughter to death after she refused to marry her uncle as she was in love with another youth. He had buried the body, which was later exhumed by the police.
IANS