Bagalkot, Dec 10: Karnataka’s Bagalkot district has witnessed three so called ‘honour killings’ within a span of five days in two separate incidents. One case is related to inter-caste love affair while another is related to inter-caste wedding.
Inter-caste wedding
In Hungund taluk of Bagalkote district, a Hescom lineman Sangamesh of the Kumbara caste and Kuruba woman Hanumavva had married in a temple three months ago against the wishes of Hanumavva's family. They had set up a household in the nearby Aaminagadu.
The couple were tricked into attending the Karthikotsava celebrations at Hanumavva's father Hanumantha Soorara's house and killed in the fields there.
Superintendent of Police C B Rishyanth said Sangamesh was killed with lethal weapons by the father Hanumantha, his brother Gangappa and son Yellappa (16), son-in-law Yellappa Nagarala and friend Channabasavaiah in the sugarcane fields.
Later they carried the body to the Aminagada-Aihole road and killed Hanumavva there police added. The alleged killers made the deaths appear like a vehicular accident by damaging the couple's bike, SP Rishyanth said.
The accused were arrested in Sangli, Maharashtra and brought back into Karnataka.
Inter-caste love
In a separate honour killing incident in Jamakandi taluk in Bagalkot district, Sadashiva Kesaragoppa (20) of the Madiga community and a girl from the Valmiki community had fallen in love.
SP Rishyanth said that six months ago, a village panchayat was called and the young man Sadashiva was barred from meeting his love, which is a rule he defied.
On December 7, Sadashiva was tricked into coming to Hulyala village and murdered in the government school grounds by dropping a heavy stone on his head, police said.
Police have arrested the girl's brothers- Siddappa Halagali, Dundappa Halgali, relatives- Hanumantha Kalolli, Manjuntha Panditha.
Victim Sadashiva's brother has told the police that the accused and his deceased brother were friends and worked as stonecutters at the same quarry.
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