Pregnant woman killed for intercaste marriage: Husband, parents too injured

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In a lawsuit of reported honour killing, a large young pistillate who had returned to the colony fewer months aft her intercaste marriage, was attacked with lethal weapons resulting successful her decease successful the hospital. Her hubby and in-laws person besides sustained injuries.

The brutal onslaught took spot astatine Inam Veerapur colony adjacent Belagali of Hubballi taluk connected Sunday (December 21, 2025) and the large pistillate and the babe successful her womb succumbed to the injuries connected Sunday night.

The deceased has been identified arsenic Manya Vivekanad Doddamani (19). Her hubby Vivekananda Doddamani, his parents excessively person suffered injuries and are admitted to a backstage infirmary successful Hubballi.

Following the incident, Superintendent of Police Gunjan Arya, Hubballi Dharwad Police Commissioner N. Shashikumar, Inspector Murugesh Channannavar visited infirmary successful Hubballi to cod details of the injured. As a precautionary measurement information has been beefed up astir the infirmary and successful the village.

According to SP Gunjan Arya, 2 persons namely Prakashgouda Patil and Arungouda Patil person been taken into custody and lawsuit has been registered against 8 people. The reasons for the battle and execution are being investigated.

Manya Patil had joined Vivekanand Doddamani (of the aforesaid village), who belonged to a antithetic caste, successful the period of May 2025, to which the girl’s parents had powerfully opposed. Subsequently, the tahsildar and the constabulary had intervened calling some families for a truce and registered a lawsuit arsenic a precautionary measure. However due to the fact that of reported menace for life, the mates had shifted to Haveri.

Sources said that the mates had returned to the colony connected December 8, and connected Sunday (December 21, 2025), Manya’s begetter and others had assaulted Mr. Vivekananda and his father, who were moving successful the field. Subsequently, they barged into the location and attacked Manya, her mother-in-law Ms. Renavva and others successful the house.

Manya, who was earnestly injured, was rushed to a backstage infirmary successful Hubballi, wherever she succumbed to the injuries on with the babe successful her womb. 

Published - December 22, 2025 11:36 americium IST

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