<p>In a case of honour killing, a 16-year-old girl was poisoned to death by her parents in Ramanagara district on Saturday night as she had eloped with a Dalit youth.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Govindaraju, a barber by profession, and his wife Jayalakshamma fed the girl, a school dropout, food laced with poison. The police on Sunday arrested the couple on charge of murder.<br /><br />The Ramanagara Rural police have also arrested Manjunath (21), the Dalit youth, on charge of kidnap and provisions of the POCSO Act as the girl was a minor.<br /><br />The police said the girl fell in love with Manjunath, a painter and native of Hubballi, when staying at her elder sister’s house at Sunkadakatte in Bengaluru. <br /><br />After learning about the affair, her parents took her back to their village K G Hosahalli. However, the duo continued to meet as Manjunath used to visit her village. <br /><br />On September 6, Manjunath went to K G Hosahalli and the duo eloped to Sunkadakatte and from there to Hubballi. <br /><br />The girl’s parents lodged a missing person's report with the police. The cops learnt about the girl’s affair with Manjunath and tracked him down to Hubballi based on his mobile phone call details.<br /><br />A police team went to Hubballi, traced the duo and brought them to Ramanagara on Saturday evening. After counselling the girl, the police handed her over to her parents. <br /><br />Around 9 pm, the parents made her eat the poisoned food, and she died later. On Sunday morning, the neighbours suspected something fishy and informed the police. <br />The parents confessed to the killing during questioning, said the police.<br /><br /> “They said they could not live with honour in the village as their daughter had eloped with a youth from a lower caste, and thus decided to kill her,” said a senior police officer. <br /></p>
<p>In a case of honour killing, a 16-year-old girl was poisoned to death by her parents in Ramanagara district on Saturday night as she had eloped with a Dalit youth.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Govindaraju, a barber by profession, and his wife Jayalakshamma fed the girl, a school dropout, food laced with poison. The police on Sunday arrested the couple on charge of murder.<br /><br />The Ramanagara Rural police have also arrested Manjunath (21), the Dalit youth, on charge of kidnap and provisions of the POCSO Act as the girl was a minor.<br /><br />The police said the girl fell in love with Manjunath, a painter and native of Hubballi, when staying at her elder sister’s house at Sunkadakatte in Bengaluru. <br /><br />After learning about the affair, her parents took her back to their village K G Hosahalli. However, the duo continued to meet as Manjunath used to visit her village. <br /><br />On September 6, Manjunath went to K G Hosahalli and the duo eloped to Sunkadakatte and from there to Hubballi. <br /><br />The girl’s parents lodged a missing person's report with the police. The cops learnt about the girl’s affair with Manjunath and tracked him down to Hubballi based on his mobile phone call details.<br /><br />A police team went to Hubballi, traced the duo and brought them to Ramanagara on Saturday evening. After counselling the girl, the police handed her over to her parents. <br /><br />Around 9 pm, the parents made her eat the poisoned food, and she died later. On Sunday morning, the neighbours suspected something fishy and informed the police. <br />The parents confessed to the killing during questioning, said the police.<br /><br /> “They said they could not live with honour in the village as their daughter had eloped with a youth from a lower caste, and thus decided to kill her,” said a senior police officer. <br /></p>
