A Dalit youth and his partner were killed in Karnataka’s Vijaypura district on Tuesday, 22 June, allegedly over their relationship. Basavaraj (19) was a resident of Saladahalli village, while the girl, believed to be aged around 16, belonged to a Muslim community in the neighbouring Khanapur village of Sindagi taluk in the district.
The police were notified of the incident after the residents of Saladahalli village discovered the bodies of the couple in a field, after they were allegedly killed by the girl’s family. Reports state that blood-stained stones, purportedly used to kill the couple, were found near the crime scene.