The love marriage of an Upper Caste girl with a lower caste boy has ended in a grisly tragedy. As the girl ended her life due to harassment of her family, police have arrested her father T Srinivas Reddy on the charges of murdering his son-in-law Amboji Naresh.
Police made the arrest after the charred remains of missing Amaresh were found in Srinivas Reddy’s field near Bhongir. Police have also arrested Srinivas’ brother and nephew on he charges of conspiracy and murder.
The incident has left Bhongir town of Nalgonda 40 kms away from Hyderabad shocked.
Police were searching for Naresh since May 15 after his father Venkatiah had lodged a missing complaint. Naresh had left Bhongir to visit his grand parents in a nearby Pallerla village but did not reach.
The tragic story began when the girl Swati from upper caste Reddy clan and a Backward class boy Amboji Naresh fell in love while studying in a college. Fearing that their families will not agree to the match on the ground of caste the lovers eloped to Mumbai and got married on March 25.
While the young couple was staying in a slum of Vikhroli Swati’s father persuaded them to return home saying the family will accept their marriage.
But after they returned home on May 11, Swati was found hanging in bathroom of her parent’s home in lingarajapalli village on May 16 after Naresh had gone missing.