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A 30-year-old Dalit pistillate was stabbed to decease successful Yellapur municipality of Uttara Kannada territory connected Saturday (January 3, 2025), allegedly by a antheral known to her, constabulary said.
The accused Rafique Imamsab was aboriginal recovered dormant successful a wood adjacent Yellapur connected Sunday (January 4, 2025), the Superintendent of Police M.N. Deepan told PTI.
The incidental triggered communal hostility successful the town, with respective Hindu outfits calling for a Yellapur bandh connected Sunday (January 4). They termed the woman's sidesplitting a lawsuit of 'love jihad'.
The murdered pistillate has been identified arsenic Ranjitha Bhanasode (30), a nonmigratory of Kalamma Nagar successful Yellapur.
Rafiq a nonmigratory of the aforesaid locality, was the premier accused successful the execution of the woman. Both Rafiq and Ranjitha were friends since their schoolhouse days, constabulary said.
"Preliminary probe suggests that the accused was pressuring the pistillate to wed him. After she refused, helium allegedly attacked her with a weapon successful public," a constabulary serviceman said.
The incidental occurred connected Saturday (January 3) day erstwhile Ranjitha was returning location from her workplace.
Police said Ranjitha had joined Sachin Katera of Solapur, Maharashtra, astir 12 years agone and had a 10-year-old son.
She had been surviving separately and was staying with her household successful Yellapur, moving arsenic a mid-day repast helper astatine a authorities school, constabulary said.
The accused often visited her location for meals, but tensions escalated erstwhile helium insisted connected marriage, to which Ranjitha and her household objected.
Following the murder, aggravated residents and Hindutva activists staged a protestation astatine the Yellapur constabulary station, alleging hold successful the apprehension of the accused. They person warned of continuing protests until the accused is taken into custody.
Meanwhile, Rafiq was recovered dormant successful a forest.
"It's a 100% lawsuit of ‘love jihad’ wherever azygous women, widows oregon divorcee are targeted," Sri Ram Sena main Pramod Muthalik said. The BJP State president B.Y. Vijayendra volition conscionable the household of Ranjitha connected Sunday (January 4).
In presumption of the situation, constabulary person deployed further forces and imposed choky information arrangements successful and astir Yellapur.
