Dalit youth murdered for affair with Gavli girl in Bidar district of Karnataka

As per information provided by Vijaykumar, the victim’s father, the youth was allegedly assaulted by Rahul and Kishanrao at their Rakshiyal (K) village on January 5.

A Dalit youth was allegedly beaten to death for falling in love with a girl from the Gavli community in Bidar district of Karnataka. Police arrested the girl’s brother Rahul and father Kishanrao on the charge of murder.

The victim, Sumith (19), was a BSc student from Bedakunda village in Kamalanagar taluk of Bidar district.

As per information provided by Vijaykumar, the victim’s father, Sumith was allegedly assaulted by Rahul and Kishanrao at their Rakshiyal (K) village on January 5. Later, Rahul contacted Sumith’s father and told him that Sumith was assaulted for being with his sister when she was alone at home. Vijaykumar rushed to Rakshiyal (K), along with a friend Veerashetty Hugar. They found Sumith who was injured and battling for life on the outskirts of the village.

They took Sumith to Bedakunda village from where he was taken in a car to hospitals in Udgir, and then to Latur in Maharashtra. Latur police informed their counterparts in Kushnoor police station in Bidar district about the incident. Kushnoor police recorded Vijyakumar’s statement in the hospital in Latur on January 6. An FIR was registered against Rahul and Kishanrao under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023.

Later, Sumith stopped responding to the treatment and succumbed to his injuries at about 7 pm on January 7.

An autopsy was done in Bidar Institute of Medical Sciences, Bidar. Sumith’s relatives staged a protest outside the hospital demanding arrest of the accused.