24-year-old killed allegedly over inter-faith relationship
The Hindu
Three persons threatened my son, says the victim’s mother
The decapitated body of a 24-year-old man was found on the railway tracks near Khanapur in Belagavi district, leading to suspicion that he was killed by members of a right-wing organisation over his inter-faith relationship.
Villagers have identified the victim as Arbaz Aftab Mulla of Khanapur, who commuted to Belagavi on work. Police sources said the body was found on September 28 by local farmers.
The victim’s mother, Nazeema Mohammad Gouse Sheikh, a government Urdu school teacher, has filed a complaint with the Khanapur police. She has named the girl with whom her son is said to have had a relationship. She alleged that three persons killed her son as they did not like him having a relationship with a woman of another faith. They had threatened him not to continue the relationship, she said in the complaint.